Substrate matters:The influences of substrate layers on the performances of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.05.006

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2017, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 1676-1684.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.05.006

Substrate matters:The influences of substrate layers on the performances of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes

Jie Li, Mingjie Wei, Yong Wang

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

收稿日期:2017-02-28 修回日期:2017-05-14 出版日期:2017-11-28 发布日期:2018-01-18
通讯作者: Mingjie Wei,E-mail addresses:mj.wei@njtehc.edu.cn;Yong Wang,E-mail addresses:yongwang@njtech.edu.cn
基金资助:
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB655301), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20150063), and the Project of Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

Substrate matters:The influences of substrate layers on the performances of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes

Jie Li, Mingjie Wei, Yong Wang

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Received:2017-02-28 Revised:2017-05-14 Online:2017-11-28 Published:2018-01-18
Contact: Mingjie Wei,E-mail addresses:mj.wei@njtehc.edu.cn;Yong Wang,E-mail addresses:yongwang@njtech.edu.cn
Supported by:
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB655301), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20150063), and the Project of Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are playing the dominating role in desalination. Tremendous efforts have been put in the studies on the polyamide selective layers. However, the effect of the substrate layers is far less concerned. In this review, we summarize the works that consider the impacts of the substrates, including pore sizes, surface hydrophilicity, on the processes of interfacial polymerization and consequently on the morphologies of the active layers and on final RO performances of the composite membranes. All the works indicate that the pore sizes and surface hydrophilicity of the substrate evidently influence the RO performances of the composite membranes. Unfortunately, we find that the observations and understandings on the substrate effect are frequently varied from case to case because of the lack of substrates with uniform pores and surface chemistries. We suggest using track-etched membranes or anodized alumina membranes having relatively uniform pores and functionalizable pore walls as model substrates to elucidate the substrate effect. Moreover, we argue that homoporous membranes derived from block copolymers have the potential to be used as substrates for the large-scale production of high-performances TFC RO membranes.

关键词: Reverse osmosis, Thin-film composite, Interfacial polymerization, Homoporous membranes, Substrate effect

Abstract: Thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are playing the dominating role in desalination. Tremendous efforts have been put in the studies on the polyamide selective layers. However, the effect of the substrate layers is far less concerned. In this review, we summarize the works that consider the impacts of the substrates, including pore sizes, surface hydrophilicity, on the processes of interfacial polymerization and consequently on the morphologies of the active layers and on final RO performances of the composite membranes. All the works indicate that the pore sizes and surface hydrophilicity of the substrate evidently influence the RO performances of the composite membranes. Unfortunately, we find that the observations and understandings on the substrate effect are frequently varied from case to case because of the lack of substrates with uniform pores and surface chemistries. We suggest using track-etched membranes or anodized alumina membranes having relatively uniform pores and functionalizable pore walls as model substrates to elucidate the substrate effect. Moreover, we argue that homoporous membranes derived from block copolymers have the potential to be used as substrates for the large-scale production of high-performances TFC RO membranes.

Key words: Reverse osmosis, Thin-film composite, Interfacial polymerization, Homoporous membranes, Substrate effect

Jie Li, Mingjie Wei, Yong Wang. Substrate matters:The influences of substrate layers on the performances of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2017, 25(11): 1676-1684.

Jie Li, Mingjie Wei, Yong Wang. Substrate matters:The influences of substrate layers on the performances of thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2017, 25(11): 1676-1684.

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