Synergistic effect of highly porous microstructured support and co-solvent assisted interfacial polymerization on the performance of thin-film composite FO membranes

• Main Authors: Lee, Jaewoo, Lim, Yu Jie, Low, Jiun Hui, Lee, So Min, Lee, Chung-Hak, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Forward Osmosis; Thin-Film Composite
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163512
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Internal concentration polarization (ICP) in a dense support layer is one of the main reasons holding back forward osmosis (FO) process. In this regard, a highly porous microstructured support (HPμS) featuring a quasi-sponge-free sublayer pore structure can be considered a suitable alternative to de...