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A major obstacle for the development of the cellulose-based nanofiltration membrane is its fouling. In this study, a novel cellulose-based composite nanofiltration membrane (CS/DA-TiO2-NFM) with excellent anti-fouling performance was prepared through casting of both chitosan (CS) and TiO2 modified by dopamine (DA-TiO2) on the cellulose substrate membrane. DA-TiO2 was successfully introduced into the surface of membrane, resulting in significant improvement in its hydrophilicity due to the formation of dense CS layers. Furthermore, both CS and DA-TiO2 were effective antimicrobial agents (against E. coli 90.6% and S. aureus 95.1%) that could minimize the accumulation of bacteria on the CS/DA-TiO2-NFM. For the antifouling test against BSA, the irreversible recovery ratio of the CS/DA-TiO2-NFM was only 23.25% of the control (no CS/DA-TiO2 modified NFM). In addition, the CS/DA-TiO2-NFM exhibited an increased rejection rate of MgSO4 (enhanced 40.93%) and water-flux (enhanced 18.10%) compared with the control. These results highlight the potential of the presented approach for designing membranes with effective separation performance and antifouling for drinking water treatment.
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The authors are grateful for the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971612), the Science and Technology Innovation Development Fund of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (CXZX2018003), the Fujian Natural Science Foundation (2017J01570 and 2019J05044).
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Wang, D., Lin, J., Huang, J. et al. A chitosan/dopamine-TiO2 composite nanofiltration membrane for antifouling in water purification. Cellulose 28, 4959–4973 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03845-3
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