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Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?

Separation process based on polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) membrane is the dominant desalination technology in the 21st century to produce potable water to meet the growing global freshwater demand. Despite offering good filtration performance and exhibiting stable chemical and mechanical...

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Main Authors: Khoo, Ying Siew, Lau, Woei Jye, Liang, Yong Yeow, Yusof, Norhaniza, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
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Published: Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry 2021
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97490/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2021.07.006
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spelling my.utm.974902022-10-17T03:53:58Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97490/ Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement? Khoo, Ying Siew Lau, Woei Jye Liang, Yong Yeow Yusof, Norhaniza Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi TP Chemical technology Separation process based on polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) membrane is the dominant desalination technology in the 21st century to produce potable water to meet the growing global freshwater demand. Despite offering good filtration performance and exhibiting stable chemical and mechanical properties, TFC membrane still encounters other technical challenges such as surface fouling and trade-off feature between water permeability and solute selectivity which prompt continuous research efforts. There has been growing interest in recent years among researchers to alter the surface properties of PA layer via various modification methods to overcome the drawbacks of typical selective layer. But the question that remains to be answered – Does the modified PA layer effective for performance improvement? It is the aim of this article to provide a comprehensive review on the modification techniques (i.e., surface coating, surface grafting, plasma treatment and layer-by-layer assembly) and the modifying materials (both organic and inorganic materials) that have been commonly employed to establish a functionalized layer atop PA layer to improve its characteristics for desalination process. We hope this review that covers the relevant articles published over the past 10 years could provide insights to scientists in modifying selective layer of TFC membranes for better performance in water treatment processes. Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry 2021 Article PeerReviewed Khoo, Ying Siew and Lau, Woei Jye and Liang, Yong Yeow and Yusof, Norhaniza and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi (2021) Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement? Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 102 (NA). pp. 271-292. ISSN 1226-086X http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2021.07.006 DOI : 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.07.006
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topic TP Chemical technology
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Khoo, Ying Siew
Lau, Woei Jye
Liang, Yong Yeow
Yusof, Norhaniza
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
description Separation process based on polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) membrane is the dominant desalination technology in the 21st century to produce potable water to meet the growing global freshwater demand. Despite offering good filtration performance and exhibiting stable chemical and mechanical properties, TFC membrane still encounters other technical challenges such as surface fouling and trade-off feature between water permeability and solute selectivity which prompt continuous research efforts. There has been growing interest in recent years among researchers to alter the surface properties of PA layer via various modification methods to overcome the drawbacks of typical selective layer. But the question that remains to be answered – Does the modified PA layer effective for performance improvement? It is the aim of this article to provide a comprehensive review on the modification techniques (i.e., surface coating, surface grafting, plasma treatment and layer-by-layer assembly) and the modifying materials (both organic and inorganic materials) that have been commonly employed to establish a functionalized layer atop PA layer to improve its characteristics for desalination process. We hope this review that covers the relevant articles published over the past 10 years could provide insights to scientists in modifying selective layer of TFC membranes for better performance in water treatment processes.
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author Khoo, Ying Siew
Lau, Woei Jye
Liang, Yong Yeow
Yusof, Norhaniza
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
author_facet Khoo, Ying Siew
Lau, Woei Jye
Liang, Yong Yeow
Yusof, Norhaniza
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
author_sort Khoo, Ying Siew
title Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
title_short Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
title_full Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
title_fullStr Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
title_full_unstemmed Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement?
title_sort surface modification of pa layer of tfc membranes: does it effective for performance improvement?
publisher Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97490/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2021.07.006
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