Mesoporous Silica Gel–Based Mixed Matrix Membranes for Improving Mass Transfer in Forward Osmosis: Effect of Pore Size of Filler

• Main Authors: Lee, Jian-Yuan, Wang, Yining, Tang, Chuyang Y., Huo, Fengwei
• Other Authors: Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81104; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39066
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The efficiency of forward osmosis (FO) process is generally limited by the internal concentration polarization (ICP) of solutes inside its porous substrate. In this study, mesoporous silica gel (SG) with nominal pore size ranging from 4–30 nm was used as fillers to prepare SG-based mixed matrix subs...