Issue 14, 2019

Photo-Fenton self-cleaning membranes with robust flux recovery for an efficient oil/water emulsion separation

Abstract

Superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic membranes have aroused much research enthusiasm because of their good anti-fouling ability for the treatment of oil-contaminated water. However, such anti-fouling membranes inevitably suffer from fouling during long-term use. Thus, anti-fouling membranes with excellent self-cleaning performance, fast and superior flux recovery are still greatly required. Herein, the green tannic acid (TA)-Fe(III) complex is first assembled onto the polyvinylidene fluoride membrane (PVDF) surface and followed by the in situ mineralization of β-FeOOH to fabricate the PVDF/TA/β-FeOOH membrane for efficient oil/water emulsion separation. The resultant membrane exhibits superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity with underwater OCA of above 155° for various oils. Importantly, the as-prepared membrane shows fast (within 10 min) and excellent flux recovery (over 98%) attributed to the robust photo-Fenton catalytic activity of β-FeOOH. Moreover, the membrane also displays high separation efficiency (>99.1%) and high flux (1426.8–2106.2 L m−2 h−1 bar−1) for a series of oil/water emulsions. This study highlights a new direction in the development of photo-Fenton self-cleaning membranes with fast and robust flux recovery for efficient oil/water emulsion separation.

Graphical abstract: Photo-Fenton self-cleaning membranes with robust flux recovery for an efficient oil/water emulsion separation

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jan 2019
Accepted
05 Mar 2019
First published
06 Mar 2019

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 8491-8502

Photo-Fenton self-cleaning membranes with robust flux recovery for an efficient oil/water emulsion separation

A. Xie, J. Cui, J. Yang, Y. Chen, J. Dai, J. Lang, C. Li and Y. Yan, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 8491 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA00521H

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