Self-healing polyamide reverse osmosis membranes with temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainers for chlorine resistance

doi:10.1007/s11705-022-2287-3

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (9) : 1183-1195 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-022-2287-3

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Self-healing polyamide reverse osmosis membranes with temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainers for chlorine resistance

Qian Yang¹, Lin Zhang¹, Xiao Xie¹, Qiong Sun¹, Jianguang Feng¹, Hongzhou Dong¹, Na Song^1,²(

), Liyan Yu^1,²(

), Lifeng Dong^1,³(

)

¹. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
². Qingdao University of Science & Technology Analytical & Testing Center, Qingdao 266042, China
³. Department of Physics, Hamline University, St. Paul 55104, USA

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Abstract

Improving the performance of reverse osmosis membranes remains great challenge to ensure excellent NaCl rejection while maintaining high water permeability and chlorine resistance. Herein, temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainers are designed and constructed to improve water permeability and chlorine resistance of polyamide membranes. The nanocontainer is synthesized by layer-by-layer self-assembly with silver nanoparticles as the core, sodium alginate and chitosan as the repair materials, and polyvinyl alcohol as the shell. When the polyamide layer is damaged by chlorine attack, the polyvinyl alcohol shell layer dissolves under temperature stimulation of 37 °C, releasing inner sodium alginate and chitosan to repair broken amide bonds. The polyvinyl alcohol shell responds to temperature in line with actual operating environment, which can effectively synchronize the chlorination of membranes with temperature response and release inner materials to achieve self-healing properties. With adding temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainers, the NaCl rejection of thin film composite membrane decreased by 15.64%, while that of thin film nanocomposite membrane decreased by only 8.35% after 9 chlorination cycles. Effective repair treatment and outstanding chlorine resistance as well as satisfactory stability suggest that temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainer has great potential as membrane-doping material for the targeted repair of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes.

Keywords reverse osmosis nanocontainer self-healing chlorine resistance water permeability

Corresponding Author(s): Na Song,Liyan Yu,Lifeng Dong

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^* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Online First Date: 24 April 2023 Issue Date: 29 August 2023

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Qian Yang,Lin Zhang,Xiao Xie, et al. Self-healing polyamide reverse osmosis membranes with temperature-responsive intelligent nanocontainers for chlorine resistance[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(9): 1183-1195.

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Scheme1 Diagram of T-INC assembling process.

Fig.1 SEM images of (a) Ag@SA, (b) Ag@SA@CS and (c) T-INC.

Fig.2 (a) The XPS survey spectra and (b) elemental compositions of Ag@SA, Ag@SA@CS and T-INC; (c) Ag 3d, (d) Ca 2p and (e) C 1s spectra of Ag@SA; (f) O 1s spectrum of T-INC.

Fig.3 SEM images of (a) TFC and (b, c) TFN membranes ((b) before separation experiments; (c) after separation experiments); AFM images of (d) TFC and (e) TFN membranes.

Fig.4 (a) FTIR spectra and (b) XPS survey spectra of TFN and TFC membranes; (c) elemental compositions of TFC, TFN and FITC-labeled TFN membranes; (d) O 1s of TFN and TFC membranes; (e) Ca 2p of TFN membrane and (f) S 2p of FITC-labeled TFN membrane; (g) CAs of TFC, U-TFN and T-TFN membranes.

Fig.5 Nine chlorination cycle performances of TFC, T-TFN and U-TFN membranes.

Fig.6 (a) T-INC before and after temperature response tests. (b) Schematic diagram of the repairing mechanism of the polyamide layer by releasing inner layer materials from polymer nanocontainer. Fluorescence irradiation responses of (c) U-TFN and (d) T-TFN membranes; (e–f) XPS spectral analyses of TFN and chlorinated TFN and T-TFN membranes.

Fig.7 Water permeability and NaCl rejection of TFC and TFN membranes during 72 h stability test.

Fig.8 Performances of TFC and T-TFN membranes before and after contamination with (a) BSA and (b) E. coli.

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