Novel antifouling and photocatalytic immobilized iron-doped cerium oxide@halloysite nanotubes decorated polyethersulfone membranes

IF 4.1 3区 化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
Kgolofelo I. Malatjie , Richard M. Moutloali , Ajay K. Mishra , Shivani B. Mishra , Edward N. Nxumalo
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Novel polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes were prepared by incorporating different contents of iron-doped cerium oxide-halloysite nanotubes (FC@NHT) nanocomposites onto the PES membranes. The properties of the prepared nanocomposite membranes were investigated using Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermo-gravimetric analyzer (TGA) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results showed that iron dopped cerium oxide (FC) was indeed successfully loaded on the surface of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). SEM characterization of FC@HNT/PES membranes showed an increase in pore sizes and microvoids which resulted in an increase in both hydrophilicity and flux due to the impact of FC@HNT. Pure water flux of 2% FC@HNT/PES (M4) was increased from 55.9 L.m−2.h−1 (0% FC@HNT/PES) to 320.4 L.m−2.h−1. The membranes also showed high antifouling properties towards humic acid (HA). This was attributed to the membranes becoming more hydrophilic upon modification. Subsequently, this reduced membrane-foulant hydrophobic interactions and made it difficult for hydrophobic contaminants to be attached onto the membranes surface. Photocatalytic ability of the modified membranes was tested against imidacloprid (IMD) insecticides. The membrane (M4) showed high photocatalytic activity of about 79% in 120 mins and 85.7% in 180 mins. The immobilization of FC onto the surface of the HNTs was for the homogenous dispersion of the nanoparticles and to mitigate the issue of agglomeration. Other remarkable functionalities are also provided by this integration. The membrane’s ability to function as system for water filtration and for the degradation of imidacloprid pesticide with high antifouling propensity is by far its most intriguing aspect of this work.
新型防污光催化固定化铁掺杂铈oxide@halloysite纳米管修饰聚醚砜膜
在聚醚砜(PES)超滤膜上掺入不同掺铁量的氧化铈-高岭土纳米管(FC@NHT)纳米复合材料,制备了新型聚醚砜(PES)超滤膜。采用衰减全反射-傅里叶变换红外光谱(ATR-FTIR)、x射线衍射(XRD)、热重分析仪(TGA)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对制备的纳米复合膜的性能进行了研究。结果表明,铁掺杂的氧化铈(FC)确实成功地负载在高岭土纳米管(HNTs)表面。FC@HNT/PES膜的SEM表征表明,由于FC@HNT的影响,孔隙大小和微孔增加,导致亲水性和通量增加。2% FC@HNT/PES (M4)的纯水通量由55.9 L.m−2.h−1 (0% FC@HNT/PES)提高到320.4 L.m−2.h−1。该膜对腐植酸(HA)具有良好的防污性能。这是由于改性后膜变得更亲水。随后,这减少了膜与污染物的疏水相互作用,使疏水污染物难以附着在膜表面。研究了改性膜对吡虫啉(IMD)杀虫剂的光催化性能。该膜(M4)在120 min和180 min的光催化活性分别为79%和85.7%。将FC固定在HNTs表面是为了使纳米颗粒均匀分散,减轻团聚问题。这个集成还提供了其他重要的功能。该膜作为水过滤系统和具有高防污倾向的吡虫啉农药降解系统的能力是迄今为止这项工作中最有趣的方面。
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期刊介绍: JPPA publishes the results of fundamental studies on all aspects of chemical phenomena induced by interactions between light and molecules/matter of all kinds. All systems capable of being described at the molecular or integrated multimolecular level are appropriate for the journal. This includes all molecular chemical species as well as biomolecular, supramolecular, polymer and other macromolecular systems, as well as solid state photochemistry. In addition, the journal publishes studies of semiconductor and other photoactive organic and inorganic materials, photocatalysis (organic, inorganic, supramolecular and superconductor). The scope includes condensed and gas phase photochemistry, as well as synchrotron radiation chemistry. A broad range of processes and techniques in photochemistry are covered such as light induced energy, electron and proton transfer; nonlinear photochemical behavior; mechanistic investigation of photochemical reactions and identification of the products of photochemical reactions; quantum yield determinations and measurements of rate constants for primary and secondary photochemical processes; steady-state and time-resolved emission, ultrafast spectroscopic methods, single molecule spectroscopy, time resolved X-ray diffraction, luminescence microscopy, and scattering spectroscopy applied to photochemistry. Papers in emerging and applied areas such as luminescent sensors, electroluminescence, solar energy conversion, atmospheric photochemistry, environmental remediation, and related photocatalytic chemistry are also welcome.
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