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Current Research Trends in Polyamide Based Nanocomposite Membranes for Desalination

해수담수화용 폴리아마이드 기반 나노복합막의 최신 연구동향

  • Lee, Tae Hoon (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Hee Dae (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Ho Bum (Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 이태훈 (한양대학교 에너지공학과) ;
  • 이희대 (한양대학교 에너지공학과) ;
  • 박호범 (한양대학교 에너지공학과)
  • Received : 2016.10.21
  • Accepted : 2016.10.27
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

In recent decades, many researchers have tried to improve desalination performances of polyamide (PA) thin-film composite membranes (TFCs) by incorporating nanomaterials into a selective PA layer. This review focuses on PA-based nanocomposite membranes with high performances for energy-effective desalination in reverse osmosis. Carbon based nanomaterial (e.g., graphene oxide (GO), carbon nanotubes (CNT)) and/or other nanoparticles (e.g., zeolite, silica and etc.,) were applied to overcome the trade-off correlation between water permeability and salt rejection of current polymeric desalination membranes. Here, this brief review will discuss current studies of PA-based nanocomposite membranes with enhanced separation characteristics and provide the future research direction to achieve further improved desalination performances.

최근 폴리아마이드 선택층에 나노물질을 혼합하여 해수담수화 성능을 높이고자 하는 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 총설은 역삼투 분리막 해수담수화 공정에서의 에너지 효율 향상을 위한 우수한 성능을 가진 폴리아마이드 기반 나노복합막을 소개하고자 한다. 그래핀 옥사이드 및 탄소나노튜브와 같은 탄소나노물질 및 제올라이트, 실리카 나노입자 등의 다양한 나노물질들이 기존 폴리아마이드의 투과분리성능을 높이기 위해 적용되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 최근 연구 중인 각 나노소재별 성능향상 특장점을 소개하고, 더 높은 성능을 갖는 나노복합막 제조를 위한 연구방향을 제시하고자 한다.

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