SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 76-99.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.06.017

• Special Column: Membranes for Life Science • 上一篇    下一篇

Recent advances in nanofiltration, reverse osmosis membranes and their applications in biomedical separation field

Kai Zhang, Huan-Huan Wu, Hui-Qian Huo, Yan-Li Ji, Yong Zhou, Cong-Jie Gao   

  1. Center for Membrane and Water Science & Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-02-23 修回日期:2022-06-13 出版日期:2022-09-28 发布日期:2022-10-19
  • 通讯作者: Yan-Li Ji,E-mail:yanliji@zjut.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was financially supported by the Provincial Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (2021C01173), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975221 and 21776252).

Recent advances in nanofiltration, reverse osmosis membranes and their applications in biomedical separation field

Kai Zhang, Huan-Huan Wu, Hui-Qian Huo, Yan-Li Ji, Yong Zhou, Cong-Jie Gao   

  1. Center for Membrane and Water Science & Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
  • Received:2022-02-23 Revised:2022-06-13 Online:2022-09-28 Published:2022-10-19
  • Contact: Yan-Li Ji,E-mail:yanliji@zjut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the Provincial Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (2021C01173), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975221 and 21776252).

摘要: In the face of human society's great requirements for health industry, and the much stricter safety and quality standards in the biomedical industry, the demand for advanced membrane separation technologies continues to rapidly grow in the world. Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) as the high-efficient, low energy consumption, and environmental friendly membrane separation techniques, show great promise in the application of biomedical separation field. The chemical compositions, microstructures and surface properties of NF/RO membranes determine the separation accuracy, efficiency and operation cost in their applications. Accordingly, recent studies have focused on tuning the structures and tailoring the performance of NF/RO membranes via the design and synthesis of various advanced membrane materials, and exploring universal and convenient membrane preparation strategies, with the objective of promoting the better and faster development of NF/RO membrane separation technology in the biomedical separation field. This paper reviews the recent studies on the NF/RO membranes constructed with various materials, including the polymeric materials, different dimensional inorganic/organic nanomaterials, porous polymeric materials and metal coordination polymers, etc. Moreover, the influence of membrane chemical compositions, interior microstructures, and surface characteristics on the separation performance of NF/RO membranes, are comprehensively discussed. Subsequently, the applications of NF/RO membranes in biomedical separation field are systematically reported. Finally, the perspective for future challenges of NF/RO membrane separation techniques in this field is discussed.

关键词: Nanofiltration, Reverse osmosis, Membrane, Separation, Biomedical

Abstract: In the face of human society's great requirements for health industry, and the much stricter safety and quality standards in the biomedical industry, the demand for advanced membrane separation technologies continues to rapidly grow in the world. Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) as the high-efficient, low energy consumption, and environmental friendly membrane separation techniques, show great promise in the application of biomedical separation field. The chemical compositions, microstructures and surface properties of NF/RO membranes determine the separation accuracy, efficiency and operation cost in their applications. Accordingly, recent studies have focused on tuning the structures and tailoring the performance of NF/RO membranes via the design and synthesis of various advanced membrane materials, and exploring universal and convenient membrane preparation strategies, with the objective of promoting the better and faster development of NF/RO membrane separation technology in the biomedical separation field. This paper reviews the recent studies on the NF/RO membranes constructed with various materials, including the polymeric materials, different dimensional inorganic/organic nanomaterials, porous polymeric materials and metal coordination polymers, etc. Moreover, the influence of membrane chemical compositions, interior microstructures, and surface characteristics on the separation performance of NF/RO membranes, are comprehensively discussed. Subsequently, the applications of NF/RO membranes in biomedical separation field are systematically reported. Finally, the perspective for future challenges of NF/RO membrane separation techniques in this field is discussed.

Key words: Nanofiltration, Reverse osmosis, Membrane, Separation, Biomedical