Improved forward osmosis performance of thin film composite membranes with graphene quantum dots derived from eucalyptus tree leaves

• Main Authors: Saleem, Haleema, Saud, Asif, Munira, Nazmin, Goh, Pei Sean, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Siddiqui, Hammadur Rahman, Zaidi, Syed Javaid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103362/1/GohPeiSean2022_ImprovedForwardOsmosisPerformance.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/103362/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12193519

The major challenges in forward osmosis (FO) are low water flux, high specific reverse solute flux (SRSF), and membrane fouling. The present work addresses these problems by the incorporation of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in the polyamide (PA) layer of thin-film composite (TFC) membranes, as well...