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Title A novel high-flux, thin-film composite desalination membrane via co-deposition of multifunctional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and polyoxometalate
Type JournalPaper
Keywords POSS Polyoxometalate Desalination Forward osmosis Membrane
Abstract This work describes the synthesis of a novel organic–inorganic nanocomposite membrane via an efficient one-pot approach of co-deposition of octa-aminopropyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hydrochloride salt (OA–POSS) and polyoxometalate (POSS–Mo36) onto a support membrane. The structure and morphology of the thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, the effect of POSS–Mo36 on the performance of the thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes was investigated in a forward osmosis (FO) process. Experimental results demonstrate the enhanced desalination performance of the synthesized as compared to thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide membranes.
Researchers (Not In First Six Researchers), (Not In First Six Researchers), Esmaiel Jabbari (Fifth Researcher), (Fourth Researcher), Ali Akbari (Third Researcher), (Second Researcher), Mojtaba Amini (First Researcher)