Preparation and water desalination properties of POSS-polyamide nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes

• Published in: Journal of membrane science Vol. 473; pp. 157 - 164
• Main Authors: Duan, Jintang, Litwiller, Eric, Pinnau, Ingo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2015
• Subjects: artificial membranes; Desalination; Flux; hydrophobicity; Interfacial polymerization; Membranes; mixing; nanocomposites; Nanostructure; nanotechnology; polyamides; Polymerization; POSS; Rejection; Reverse osmosis; scanning electron microscopy; sodium chloride; Thin-film-nanocomposite; transmission electron microscopy; Triethylamine; Interfacial polymerization; Reverse osmosis; POSS; Thin-film-nanocomposite; Desalination

The application of nanotechnology to thin-film nanocomposites (TFN) is a new route to enhance membrane performance in water desalination. Here, the potential of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) as the nanofiller in polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis membranes was systematically investigated....