Nano gives the answer: Breaking the bottleneck of internal concentration polarization with a nanofiber composite forward osmosis membrane for a high water production rate

Xiaoxiao Song; Zhaoyang Liu; Darren Delai Sun

doi:10.1002/adma.201100510

Nano gives the answer: Breaking the bottleneck of internal concentration polarization with a nanofiber composite forward osmosis membrane for a high water production rate

Xiaoxiao Song, Zhaoyang Liu^*, Darren Delai Sun

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Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Scaffold-like nanofiber support layers are fabricated with an interconnected pore structure, which is superior to conventional phase-inversion support layers with tortuous sponge-like structures. This successfully breaks the intrinsic bottleneck of internal concentration polarization in forward osmosis (FO) membranes and results in a high water production rate and energy savings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3256-3260
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	23
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201100510
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

composite materials
forward osmosis
internal concentration polarization
membranes
nanofibers

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