Mechanically and structurally robust sulfonated block copolymer membranes for water purification applications
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- Title
- Mechanically and structurally robust sulfonated block copolymer membranes for water purification applications
- Authors
- Yeo, J; Kim, SY; Kim, S; Ryu, DY; Kim, TH; Park, MJ
- Date Issued
- 2012-06-22
- Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
- Abstract
- The effective removal of ionic pollutants from contaminated water using negatively charged nanofiltration membranes is demonstrated. Block copolymers comprising polystyrene (PS) and partially hydrogenated polyisoprene (hPI) were synthesized by varying chain architectures. A one step procedure of cross-linking (hPI blocks) and sulfonation reactions (PS chains) was then carried out, which was revealed as an effective method to enhance mechanical integrity of membranes while hydrophilic sulfonated chains remain intact. In particular, the control of chain architecture allows us to create a synergetic effect on optimizing charge densities of the membrane, water permeability, and mechanical integrity under water purification conditions. The best performing membrane can almost completely (>99%) reject various divalent cations and also show NO3- rejection >85% and Na+ rejection >87%. Well defined nanostructures (tens of nanometers) as well as the periodically arranged water domains (a few nanometers) within hydrophilic phases of the hydrated membranes were confirmed by in situ neutron scattering experiments.
- Keywords
- POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); CHARGED NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE; REVERSE-OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CROSS-LINKING; TRANSPORT; DESALINATION; SEPARATION; ROUGHNESS
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/16409
- DOI
- 10.1088/0957-4484/23/24/245703
- ISSN
- 0957-4484
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 23, no. 24, 2012-06-22
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