Super selective dual nature GO bridging PSF-GOPebax thin film nanocomposite membrane for IPA dehydration

• Main Authors: Mohamad Syafiq, Abdul Wahab, Sunarti, Abd Rahman, Rozaimi, Abu Samah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31336/1/MSyafiqabdulwahab2020.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31336/; https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/lpte21; https://doi.org/10.1080/25740881.2020.1836211

In this work, Graphene Oxide (GO) is embedded in both selective hydrophilic layer and porous hydrophobic substrate creating a mutual bridge between the two surfaces. Pristine 1–3 μm microporous PSF prepared via dry/wet phase inversion techniques with contact angle of 74.12° has been further study with GO embedded Pebax dense selective layer. This dual nature thin film nano composite TFNC membranes managed to reduce the water contact angle down to 37.18°. As for the IPA dehydration study, the total flux up to 1.19 kgm−2h−1 and 0 wt% IPA detected in permeate was achieved with 20 wt% water feed at 30°C.