Thin film composite forward osmosis membranes based on polydopamine modified polysulfone substrates with enhancements in both water flux and salt rejection

G Han, S Zhang, X Li, N Widjojo, TS Chung - Chemical Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel approach has been demonstrated to improve the separation performance of thin film
composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membranes, which were interfacial polymerized on …

Synthesis and characterization of flat-sheet thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

J Wei, C Qiu, CY Tang, R Wang, AG Fane - Journal of membrane science, 2011 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) technology has become increasingly attractive in the past decades for
water related applications and will likely continue to develop rapidly in the future. This calls …

Developing high throughput thin film composite polyamide membranes for forward osmosis treatment of SAGD produced water

B Khorshidi, A Bhinder, T Thundat, D Pernitsky… - Journal of membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
Application of thin film composite (TFC) membranes for forward osmosis (FO) separation
processes has attracted growing attention due to their outstanding permeation properties as …

Influence of monomer concentrations on the performance of polyamide-based thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

J Wei, X Liu, C Qiu, R Wang, CY Tang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes with tailored porous substrate and
rejection layer are promising for forward osmosis (FO) applications. The current study …

Fabrication of high performance and durable forward osmosis membranes using mussel-inspired polydopamine-modified polyethylene supports

SJ Kwon, SH Park, MG Shin, MS Park, K Park… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
A thin film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane with high performance and
superb durability was fabricated on a polydopamine (PDA)-modified polyethylene (DPE) …

Dual-layered nanocomposite substrate membrane based on polysulfone/graphene oxide for mitigating internal concentration polarization in forward osmosis

S Lim, MJ Park, S Phuntsho, LD Tijing, GM Nisola… - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel thin-film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane with dual-layered
substrate membrane was fabricated by a double-blade casting technique using different …

Developing thin‐film‐composite forward osmosis membranes on the PES/SPSf substrate through interfacial polymerization

KY Wang, TS Chung, G Amy - AIChE journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A new scheme has been developed to fabricate high‐performance forward osmosis (FO)
membranes through the interfacial polymerization reaction on porous polymeric supports. p …

Thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes with novel hydrophilic supports for desalination

G Han, TS Chung, M Toriida, S Tamai - Journal of membrane science, 2012 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel sulphonated poly (ether ketone)(SPEK) polymer with super-hydrophilic
nature was designed as the substrate material to fabricate high performance thin-film …

High performance polyacrylonitrile-supported forward osmosis membranes prepared via aromatic solvent-based interfacial polymerization

HE Kwon, SJ Kwon, SJ Park, MG Shin, SH Park… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A high performance thin film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane was
prepared using a hydrophilic polyacrylonitrile (PAN) support with a tailored structure via a …

High performance thin-film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membrane fabricated on novel hydrophilic disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) multiblock …

X Zhang, J Tian, Z Ren, W Shi, Z Zhang, Y Xu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
For the first time, thin-film composite (TFC) forward osmosis (FO) membranes are fabricated
via interfacial polymerization on polysufone (PSf) substrates containing different contents of …