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Superior antifouling capability of hydrogel forward osmosis membrane for treating wastewaters with high concentration of organic foulants Detao Qin, Zhaoyang Liu, Zhi Liu, Hongwei Bai, and Darren Delai Sun Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04838 • Publication Date (Web): 03 Jan 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 4, 2018
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Superior antifouling capability of hydrogel forward osmosis membrane for treating wastewaters with high concentration of organic foulants †
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Detao Qin, Zhaoyang Liu,*, Zhi Liu,
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Hongwei Bai and Darren Delai Sun
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Energy Research Institute @ NTU, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang
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Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar
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Foundation, PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar. E-mail:
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National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing
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Energy Research Institute @ NTU, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,
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KEYWORDS: forward osmosis, wastewater treatment, highly antifouling membrane,
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hydrogel selective layer, high hydrophilicity, smooth surface, chemical crosslinking
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ABSTRACT
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Wastewaters with high concentrations of organic pollutants pose a great challenge for
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membrane filtration due to their severe fouling propensity. In this study, a hydrogel forward
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osmosis (FO) membrane is explored for treating wastewaters of high concentration organic
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pollutants. This FO membrane has an ultrathin hydrogel selective layer, which is highly
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hydrophilic (water contact angle: as low as 18°) and smooth (surface roughness:
