JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2019
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Heng Mao,Hong-Gang Zhen,Ali Ahmad,Shen-Hui Li,Yue Liang,Jun-Fan Ding,Yao Wu,Lin-Zhi Li,Zhi-Ping Zhao
High separation performance and superior mechanical properties of the membranes are both of critical importance for membrane modules to achieve high efficiency and long-term stability. Herein, a series of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with brick-and-mortar architecture are prepared by incorporating two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework-L (ZIF-L) nanosheets into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix for separating alcohols (ethanol, n -propanol or n -butanol) from aqueous solution. The unique leaf-like morphology, flexible pore structure , and high hydrophobicity of ZIF-L nanosheets allow the straight and preferential permeation for alcohols; while the brick-and-mortar architecture renders the tortuous and intricate pathways for water, thus improving the membrane selectivity. Incorporating ZIF-L nanosheets endows the membranes with outstanding pervaporation performance, together with unusual and favorable increase in mechanical properties. More interestingly, the subtle interconnection of ZIF-L nanosheets creates the relatively continuous pathways for penetrants. Consequently, the resultant membrane displays a high separation factor (57.6) and a comparable permeation flux (402 g m −2 h −1 ) in separating 1.0 wt% n -butanol aqueous solution at 40 °C. Furthermore, the presence of ZIF-L nanosheets donates good thermal properties and promising long-term stability to the membranes. The findings of engineering brick-and-mortar architecture through two-dimensional porous fillers may provide new insights into designing high-performance MOF-based membranes for various applications.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Wei Chen,Pengfei Wang,Weike Jia,Huidan Zeng
Silicalite-1 zeolites/polymer composite membranes are among the most reliable materials for the pervaporation separation of m-X from xylene isomers. However, the separation factors of the present silicalite-1 zeolites/polymer composite membrane are low. This work has succeeded in fabricating dense and defect-free silicalite-1/PVA composite membrane for first improving the pervaporation separation performance of m-X/p-X isomers. The silicalite-1/PVA composite membrane was prepared by combining solution scraping and vacuum thermal crosslinking methods with fumaric acid as a crosslinker (denoted as silicalite-1/PVA-V). The silicalite-1/PVA-V composite membrane with a thickness of 15.3 μm, prepared with a fumaric acid/monomeric unit of PVA molar ratio of 0.05 after vacuum thermal crosslinking at 160 ℃ for 2 h, exhibited dense and defect-free structure with extremely low xylene swelling degree, good structural stability and mechanical properties as well as excellent pervaporation separation performance. Compared to the pure PVA membrane, the silicalite-1/PVA-V composite membrane exhibited better selective separation performance of m-X isomer. The temperature, amount of fumaric acid, crosslinking degree and membrane thickness significantly influenced the pervaporation separation performance. The optimum selective separation factor of m-X/p-X isomers and the corresponding total permeate flux were about 9.85 and 59.15 g·m −2 ·h −1 (60 ℃), respectively. The pervaporation experiments of long-time and repetitively prepared membrane demonstrated that the silicalite-1/PVA-V composite membrane had long-term structural stability and reproducibility. To demonstrate scalability, we showed that our strategy could produce large-size silicalite-1/PVA-V composite membrane with an area of 1000 cm 2 , which exhibited m-X separation performance similar to that of small membrane coupons. The present work provided a potentially scalable method for producing high-quality silicalite-1/PVA composite membrane for enhancing the pervaporation separation performance of m-X from xylene isomers.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
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2017
·Vol. 36
·期 1
·25-33
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IF 1.692
Zheng Pei-Yao,Zhang Ping,Sun Zhi-Wei,Zhu Chen-Hui,An Quan-Fu
Polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) were fabricated through the interaction of poly(acrylic acid) and four different cationic surfactants or their mixtures. PESC membranes were prepared by solution casting method and were applied in ethanol recovery from aqueous solution via pervaporation. Elemental analysis (EA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), water contact angle (CA) measurement, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray scattering were employed to characterize the composition, structure and properties of PESCs. The results reveal that the investigated PESCs are similar in hydrophobicity but different in hierarchical nanostructures. In separating 5 wt% ethanol/water mixture, PESC membranes with high crystallinity will have both low flux and ethanol selectivity because of the high packing density and low permeability of crystalline regions. Meanwhile, the hierarchical nanostructures of PESC membranes change under pervaporation environment as was revealed by in situ synchrotron radiation X-ray scattering measurement. That is, the crystalline region could melt at high temperature in swelling state, thus consequently enhancing the ethanol selectivity.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Hongli Ma,Yuying Deng,Shuo Wang,Xiang Li,Kaiyan Wu,Honglei Fan,Hongliang Liu
Bio-butanol stands as a notable alternative fuel, predominantly produced through the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation of saccharide substrates. However, the low concentration, intricate mixture, and azeotropic characteristics of the fermentation byproducts pose significant challenges, making the traditional separation process of biobutanol energy-intensive and expensive, thus hindering its industrial-scale application. This study introduces an innovative and eco-friendly separation process that integrates a pervaporation-fractional condensation (PV-FC) with a superwetting membrane (SWM). The PV-FC efficiently extracts ABE from the solution and effectively isolates n-butanol from acetone and ethanol, enabling Condenser 1 to yield a product primarily composed of n-butanol and water. Subsequently, in the SWM process, n-butanol and water are separated through salt-enhanced phase separation. Notably, n-butanol rapidly permeates through the membrane due to its nonpolar interactions with the SWM, resulting in an exceptionally high n-butanol content of 99.2 wt%. By integrating PV-FC and SWM, we have successfully achieved an environmentally friendly and efficient n-butanol separation process, offering substantial promise for practical n-butanol production.
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JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
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2020
·Vol. 22
·期 3
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Ma Wenzhong,Li Taiyu,Zhang Qi,Zhong Jing,Matsuyama Hideto
Hydrophilic UiO-66 crystals with superior water adsorption ability were synthesized and incorporated into the polyimide (PI) membrane for efficient aprotic solvent separation via pervaporation. The effect of the different UiO-66 addition in the pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA)-2, 2-bis[4-(4-amlnophenoxy)phenyl]propane (BAPP)-based PI membrane on the membrane structure, thermal stability, surface hydrophilicity, solvent-resistant, and pervaporation performance was systematically studied. The UiO-66/PI hybrid membranes with small amount content (2 wt%) exhibited high hydrophilicity and excellent swelling resistance due to the superb dispersion benefiting from the excellent complexation of UiO-66 and PI chain. The effects of operational variables such as operating temperature and concentration of feed solution on the pervaporation separation performance of the hybrid membranes with different UiO-66 loadings were investigated. When the mass fraction of UiO-66 was 2 wt%, the hybrid membranes show the permeation flux of 109.7 and 57.1 g/(m 2 h) and separation factor of 34.1 and 133.9, respectively, for DMF/H 2 O and DMAc/H 2 O systems.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2024
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Qing Wang,Yu Guo,Nong Xu,Qiao Liu,Bin Wang,Long Fan,Lingyun Zhang,Rongfei Zhou
Membrane-based pervaporation (PV) is an energy-efficient separation technology for liquid molecular mixtures, which is an increasingly important function in chemical industries. This work accomplished the first synthesis of high-performance FAU (NaX type) zeolite membranes on α-alumina tubular supports via the secondary growth method using 50 nm nanoseeds. The effects that the synthesis parameters exerted on the crystal structures, morphologies, and PV performance of FAU membranes were systematically investigated. The nanosized seeds showed high levels of activity that promoted the rapid growth of the zeolite layer. In addition, either extending the crystallization time or raising the temperature readily caused trans -crystallization to form NaP impurity zeolites, which decreased the membrane flux and separation factor. When synthesis conditions were optimized, a high-quality and pure-phase FAU membrane was obtained and tested for the permeation of single gases and for the PV dehydration of various organic solvents (methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, iso-propanol, and tert-butanol). The relationships between the single-gas permeance, PV permeance, and polarity index were investigated using a similar size range of permeate molecules (0.289–0.5061 nm). The results show that gas permeance exhibits Knudsen selectivity. The PV permeance, however, correlated well with the polarity index of the permeate, which indicates that PV dehydration through the FAU membrane is controlled by an adsorption-diffusion mechanism. Moreover, the correlation provides a new tool for predicting PV performance. Compared with studies using FAU membranes, the as-synthesized FAU membrane features good reproducibility, excellent stability, and high PV performance, which suggests the great potential of FAU membranes for use in industrial organic solvent dehydration.
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 26
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IF 3.84
Junjun Li,Lin Zhang,Jin Gu,Yuping Sun,Xiaosheng Ji
To retain the hydroxyl group of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), ammonium persulfate (APS) was used to initiate the polymerization of hydrogen on the PVA chain. Rather than hydroxyl-based cross-linking, the generated PVA macromolecule radicals were cross-linked with N,N′-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) to prepare PVA membranes. The PVA membranes were shown to be successfully cross-linked via FT-IR characterization, as well as measurements of swelling degree and gel fraction. With increasing the content of cross-linker, the swelling degree of the membranes decreased, and the gel fraction increased. The pervaporation performance of the membrane was investigated by separating 95 wt% ethanol aqueous solutions. The cross-linked PVA membrane containing 0.5 wt% cross-linker yielded a high permeate water content (99 wt%) and a total flux of 353 g m−2 h−1 at 40 °C. As the feed temperature increased, the total flux increased, while the permeate water content decreased. The cross-linked membrane exhibited good durability over long-term operation.
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Advanced Membranes
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2021
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Ao-Shuai Zhang,Shen-Hui Li,Heng Mao,Li-Hao Xu,Ming-Yu Lv,Zhi-Ping Zhao
Organophilic pervaporation (PV) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) possess huge potential in organic wastewater treatment with merits of environmentally friendly and high-efficiency. The filler dispersion structure inside MMMs is required to explore in depth to upgrade the PV performance. In this study, an ethoxysilyl functionalized ionic liquid (IL-PTES) modified ZIF-8 nanoparticles (IL-PTES@ZIF-8) were synthesized by one-pot method, and then incorporated into the PDMS matrix to prepare MMMs for PV separation of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) from its diluted aqueous solution. The preferential adsorption performances to EtOAc by IL-PTES, especially for the functions of specific chemical groups in IL-PTES, were researched via molecular dynamicssimulation approach. Furthermore, the IL-PTES covered on ZIF-8 surface could crosslink with PDMS chains, thereby enhancing the interfacial compatibility between ZIF-8 and PDMS. Importantly, the self-aggregated IL-PTES subtly “glued” the nanoparticles together to lead IL-PTES@ZIF-8 a relatively continuous and defect-free distribution state. This condition would lead to a high-efficiency molecular pathway with less polymer phase and much relatively continuous ZIF-8 phase with high selectivity. PV results suggested that the MMMs with 15% IL-PTES@ZIF-8 loading displayed an optimal separation performance with an ultra-high separation factor of 492 (158.7% more than that of pristine PDMS membrane) and normalized EtOAc flux of 4.98 kg μm m −2 ·h −1 (2 times as much as that of pristine PDMS membrane) for separating 1 wt% EtOAc aqueous solution at 30 °C. These findings offered significant advancement toward developing high-performance MMMs enabled by the synergy of MOFs and ionic liquid.
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Pengbo Zhao,Bowen Yao,Junquan Meng,Rui Zhang,Bing Cao,Pei Li
Pervaporation (PV), as a cost-efficient concentrating process, has been studied for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) of desalination. Although high water flux and excellent salt rejection have been reported for many PV membranes. The desalination performance, fouling behavior, and cleaning protocol for treating real reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC) generated from industrial plants have never been studied. Meanwhile, understanding the fouling behavior and cleaning method in the treating process is crucial for the development of suitable PV desalination membranes. In this study, we used a lab-made PV membrane to treat industrial ROC with a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) value and high salt concentrations. The results showed that conductivity and COD of the produced water were below 20 μs/cm and 70 mg/L, respectively, which fulfilled the discharge standard. However, the membrane fouling problem was not trivial. To address the fouling issue, a chemical softening method was adopted to remove the calcium salts of the ROC, and a membrane cleaning method was developed to regenerate the water flux. As a result, a long-term water flux of 31.27 kg/m 2 ·h with a flux recovery rate of 98% were realized. This highlights the potential of PV desalination technology for ROC reclamation.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Yuanjiang Li,Haobo Yuan,Feng Gao,Yu Shi,Haiqin Wei,Xiaodong Wang,Wei Huang
This work focused on improving the pervaporation performance of Pebax® 2533 membranes cast on polytetrafluoroethylene substrates, by incorporating home-made bifunctionalized ZIF-L with amino groups and aromatic rings, to prepare MMMs for dephenolization from the aqueous solution. Amino groups in ZIF-L-NH 2 led to the enhanced interaction between the fillers and the matrix by forming hydrogen bonds, thus aminated fillers dispersed more homogeneously in MMMs than the non-aminated fillers and the MMMs possessed a better interface structure. Aromatic rings in ZIF-L-NH 2 made the membranes more organophilic and brought them a stronger affinity towards phenol. The separation performance of the MMM with 15 wt% fillers and 20 μm thickness surpassed most of the other phenol-selective membranes with the separation factor of 59.79 and the total flux of 1.93 kg/m 2 ·h for 1000 ppm phenol solution at 80 ℃. Notably, the MMMs maintained a good separation performance even when the phenol concentration of the feed solution extended to 18,000 ppm. In a 60 h long-term pervaporation, the MMM was stable. We believe that such MMMs design based on fillers with a ligand rich in aromatic rings and amino groups is a promising approach for high-performance dephenolization membranes.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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Guzheng Mao,Yuan Gao,Haoli Zhou,Wanqin Jin
Phenol is an important chemical that is widely used as a raw material in various industries. However, its high toxicity necessitates effective treatment of phenol-containing wastewater. In this study, membrane-based separation of a phenol/water solution was investigated. A simple and feasible method for tuning the solvent evaporation was developed to fabricate poly(ether-block-amide) copolymer (PEBA) membranes with enhanced separation performance. The solvent evaporation rates and temperatures of three different PEBAs were systematically regulated. PEBA1074, as a promising candidate, was studied using different characterization techniques, such as differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy, to reveal changes in crystallinity and membrane structure under different solvent evaporation conditions. The results showed that a low solvent evaporation rate and high temperature favored the formation of a uniform membrane with an increased number of amorphous domains. A separation factor of 78 and a flux of 1.5 kg/(m2⸱h) were obtained at 80 °C for the separation of 1.5 wt% phenol/water solution. This separation performance is superior to those of previously reported PEBA membranes. This work provides a new and easy method to fabricate PEBA membranes with enhanced separation performance, which can promote the industrial application of pervaporative separation of phenol from wastewater.
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
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2021
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IF 5.165
Saisai Li,Yaru Wu,Xia Zhan,Jiding Li,Jiandu Lei,Jing He,Luying Wang
In this study, a reduced graphene oxide (rGO)@sodium lignosulfonate (NaLS) composite material was fabtricated using a one-step method and then mixed with natural polysaccharide calcium alginate (CaAlg) to prepare the [email protected] /CaAlg pervaporation membrane. The appearance and physical properties of the [email protected] /CaAlg membrane were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and water contact angle. The swelling performance of the membrane and its dehydration performance to organic solvents were evaluated. The results indicate that the addition of [email protected] can increase the hydrophilicity of the [email protected] /CaAlg membrane and reduce its degree of swelling in the ethanol solution. The membrane incorporated with 6 wt% [email protected] exhibits the best pervaporation performance, and ethanol can be purified to 99.8%.
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