Superhydrophobic modification of electrospun nanofibrous Si@PVDF membranes for desalination application in vacuum membrane distillation

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作者
Yadav, Pooja [1 ]
Farnood, Ramin [2 ]
Kumar, Vivek [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol Delhi, Ctr Rural Dev & Technol, New Delhi 110016, India
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Appl Chem & Chem Engn, Toronto, ON M5S 3E5, Canada
关键词
Electrospun nanofibrous membrane; Superhydrophobicity; Membrane distillation; Desalination; SiO2; nanoparticles; HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; TIO2; NANOCOMPOSITE; HIGH-FLUX; PERFORMANCE; WATER; POLYSULFONE; FABRICATION; ADSORPTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132092
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Superhydrophobic nanofibers have received prominent attention owing to their exceptional properties and researchers are focused on developing high-performing MD membranes. Herein, we fabricate superhydrophobic electrospun nanofibrous membranes using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) solutions with silica nanoparticles (0 wt% to 6 wt%) to create multiscale (or hierarchical) surface roughness. For superhydrophobicity, the composite membranes (Si@PVDF) were subjected to a two-step modification that included acid pre-treatment and silanization with fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) compound of low surface energy. The acid pre-treatment enhances the hydroxyl group of SiO2 nanoparticles and create active sites in abundance for silanization. The modified membranes (FAS-Si@PVDF-A) having 6 wt% SiO2 showed excellent wetting resistance with water contact angle (WCA) up to 154.6 +/- 2.2 degrees, smaller average pore size of 0.27 +/- 0.3 mu m, and high liquid entry pressure (LEP) of 143 +/- 4 kPa. It was observed, increasing silica content decreased the fiber diameter and average pore size and increased WCA and LEP of modified membranes. The modified superhydrophobic membranes gave stable permeate flux, exhibited strong wetting resistance and excellent salt rejection in vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) test. The optimal FAS-Si@PVDF-A membrane (6 wt% SiO2) of thickness 98 +/- 5 mu m produced a stable permeate flux of more than 11.5 kg m- 2 h-1 and salt rejection as high as 99.9% after 22 h of continuous operation using NaCl solution (3.5 wt%) as feed. Therefore, this modification provided superhydrophobic membranes possessing robust anti-wetting properties with significant permeability and has encouraging application in membrane distillation for desalination.
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