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More resilient polyester membranes for high-performance reverse osmosis desalination
Abstract
Thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes have remained the gold standard technology for desalination and water purification for nearly half a century. Polyamide films offer excellent water permeability and salt rejection but also suffer from poor chlorine resistance, high fouling propensity, and low boron rejection. We addressed these issues by molecularly designing a polyester thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane using co-solvent–assisted interfacial polymerization to react 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid with trimesoyl chloride. This polyester membrane exhibits substantial water permeability, high rejection for sodium chloride and boron, and complete resistance toward chlorine. The ultrasmooth, low-energy surface of the membrane also prevents fouling and mineral scaling compared with polyamide membranes. These membranes could increasingly challenge polyamide membranes by further optimizing water-salt selectivity, offering a path to considerably reducing pretreatment steps in desalination.
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- Yao, Y., Zhang, P., Sun, F., Zhang, W., Li, M., Sha, G., Teng, L., Wang, X., Huo, M., DuChanois, R. M., Cao, T., Boo, C., Zhang, X., & Elimelech, M.
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- 2024-04-19
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- 384
- Issue
- 6693
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- 333-338
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W4394909813
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- 31.29
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- en
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