Investigation of aqueous and organic co-solvents roles in fabricating seawater reverse osmosis membrane

• Published in: Journal of membrane science Vol. 645; p. 120187
• Main Authors: Li, Can, Zhao, Yali, Lai, Gwo Sung, Wang, Rong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 05.03.2022
• Subjects: brackish water; Co-solvent; crosslinking; desalination; Interfacial polymerization; Mechanistic insight; microstructure; permeability; Polyamide; polyamides; polymerization; polyvinyl alcohol; reverse osmosis; seawater; Seawater reverse osmosis; solubility; surface tension; wettability; Interfacial polymerization; Polyamide; Mechanistic insight; Co-solvent; Seawater reverse osmosis

The addition of co-solvents in aqueous or organic phases of interfacial polymerization is a feasible strategy to tune the performance of aromatic polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) membrane for brackish water desalination, however, limited progress has been made in developing co-solvent-tailor...