Fabrication and Charge Modification of Ceramic Membranes Using Copper Nanoparticles for Desalination

Journal of Nanoanalysis

مقاله 9، دوره 4، شماره 3، آذر 2017، صفحه 247-254   

نوع مقاله: Original Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/jna.2017.539368

نویسندگان

Majid Shokri Doodeji؛ Mohamad Mahdi Zerafat^* ؛ Omid Nejadian

Faculty of Advanced Technologies, Nano Chemical Engineering Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

Ceramic membranes are considered as alternatives for their polymeric counterparts due to high
mechanical strength and thermal resistance; thus long lifetime. Usually, asymmetric ceramic
membranes are synthesized including several layers with different pore size distributions
with the top-layer playing the main separation role. Titania has several properties such as
photocatalytic activity and chemical stability making it sutitable as an option for the top-layer.
This study is devoted to the preparation and characterization of a ceramic membrane, dipcoating
of mesoporous interlayers and preparation of a microporous anatase top-layer via
sol-gel technique. Moreover, the performance of the membrane modified by nano-copperis
investigated for salt rejection enhancement. Membranes were characterized by FE-SEM and
X-ray diffraction. The sol particle size was determined using DLS. Cross-flow filtration setup
was used for membrane permeability and salt retention experiments. Membrane top-layer
showed crystal structures including rutile and anatase phases. By increasing salt concentration,
chloride rejection is decreased and retention is increased by increasing the pressure. In case of
modified membranes using nano-copper, higher retentions are observed, with 35% rejection
for NaCl and 73% for Na2SO4.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Ceramic membrane؛ Nanofiltration؛ sol-gel؛ Dip-Coating