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Performance of Nanocomposite Polysulfone-Polyaniline Substrates for Enhanced Thin Film Membranes

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Membranes fouling and their degradation using free chlorine are the most common challenges in the desalination process. A blend nano-composite polysulfone /polyaniline were prepared as a substrate for the active polyamide layer. In this work, nano polyaniline emeraldine salt was prepared using a simple chemical oxidative polymerization method. It was added to the polysulfone (PS) substrate layer in the presence of sodium lauryl sulfate as a hydrophilic agent to enhance reverse osmosis properties of the thin film composite membrane. Unmodified and modified polyaniline nano-particles membranes were characterized using XRD, EDX, FT-IR, SEM, particle size distribution and contact angle. The membranes performance was evaluated in terms of water flux and salt rejection using a cross-flow filtration unit. The results showed that the nano-composite membrane had much better water permeability (66 L/m²/h) compared to the control membrane (57 L/m² /h) without significant change in the percentage of salt rejection. The resistance of membranes to bio-fouling and chlorine degradation was evaluated using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as fouling model and sodium hypochlorite, respectively. The modified membrane was more resistant to bio-fouling and chlorine attack because of the strong electrostatic repulsion between poly-aniline PANI and BSA. The prepared polysulfone -polyaniline nano-composite substrate has been enhanced the performance of thin film composite as a reverse osmosis membrane.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.60278.3290

Keywords

Thin film composite membranes, Polyaniline, polysulfone, Fouling, Chlorination, sodium lauryl sulfate and Reverse osmosis membrane

Authors

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Elsayed M.

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Elnaggar

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Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

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elsayed_elmahdy80@azhar.edu.eg

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Mohamed E.A.

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Ali

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Egypt Desalination Research Center, of Excellence, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

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Mostafa M.

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Abo-Elfadl

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Egypt Desalination Research Center, of Excellence, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

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Salah F.

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Abdellah

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Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Al-Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

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salah15eg@yahoo.com

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Ehab S.

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Gad

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Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt , Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Al-Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

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Amr A.

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Sammak

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Chemical warfare administration, Egyptian Ministry of Defense, Cairo, Egypt

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Gamal M.

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El-kady

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Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

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65

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10

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34864

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2021-01-28

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2022-10-01

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543

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550

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0449-2285

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2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Performance of Nanocomposite Polysulfone-Polyaniline Substrates for Enhanced Thin Film Membranes

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22 Jan 2023