Improved properties and salt rejection of polysulfone membrane by incorporation of hydrophilic cobalt-doped ZnO nanoparticles
<p dir="ltr">In this study, the nanoparticles (NPs) of ZnO and Co<sup>2+</sup> ions doped ZnO (doped ZnO) were incorporated into a matrix of polysulfone (PSf) membranes to enhance their surface properties prepared using a simple wet phase inversion technique. The hybrid P...
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2024
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| الملخص: | <p dir="ltr">In this study, the nanoparticles (NPs) of ZnO and Co<sup>2+</sup> ions doped ZnO (doped ZnO) were incorporated into a matrix of polysulfone (PSf) membranes to enhance their surface properties prepared using a simple wet phase inversion technique. The hybrid PSf membranes were fabricated with 0.5 wt. % of ZnO and doped ZnO NPs. These membranes were characterized using XRD, TGA, FESEM-EDX, and salt rejection performance. The hydrophilicity of PSf membranes was improved by adding of ZnO and doped ZnO NPs which showed a decrease in contact angle values from 82° to 62° with an increased flux with water. Among the prepared membranes, doped ZnO NPs showed the highest salt rejection for both sodium chloride (NaCl) and sodium sulfate (Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>) compared to pure PSf and PSf with ZnO NPs which confirm the improvement contact angle and water permeability. Overall, the results of this study showed that embedding a small amount of Co<sup>2+</sup> ions doped ZnO NPs with PSf has significant potential to be applied in industrial-scale membrane applications.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Emergent Materials<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42247-023-00613-w" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42247-023-00613-w</a></p> |
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