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Mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) coating has received increasing interest in membrane modification for versatile liquid filtration applications, due to its intrinsic adhesion nature. Nevertheless, the bio-inspired PDA deposition initiated by air-oxidation is time-consuming process and generally results in an uneven and unstable coating, which compromises the membrane filtration performance. In this study, the PDA/polyethylenimine (PEI) co-deposition triggered by ammonium persulfate (APS) was conducted to fabricate the tight ultrafiltration (t-UF) membranes with 1000-5000 Da molecular weight cut-offs (MWCOs) for sustainable treatment of highly-saline textile wastewater. APS with strong oxidation capacity can rapidly induce the co-deposition of PDA/PEI layer onto hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile (HPAN) substrate through the Michael addition or Schiff base reactions, simultaneously minimizing the covalent polymerization of dopamine for PDA aggregation. With 1.5-h coating, a smooth, compact and defect-free PDA/PEI layer with 1700 Da MWCO was evolved on the HPAN substrate, evincing a > 98.2% retention for various reactive dyes (610-1000 Da molecular weights) with > 97.0% permeation of inorganic salts. In addition, an integrated UF-diafiltration procedure was applied to fractionate the reactive blue 4 (RB4)/NaCl and RB4/Na2SO4 mixtures, enriching the RB4 dye from ca. 2.04 to 50.70 g.L-1 with ca. 99.95% desalination efficiency and ca. 99.2% dye recovery. These results demonstrate that the bio-inspired t-UF membrane through fast PDA/PEI co-deposition is of great promise to sufficiently fractionate the dyes and salts for dye desalination and recovery, realizing the sustainable management of highly-saline textile wastewater.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2020
Volume: 379
1 3 . 2 7 3
JCR@2020
1 3 . 4 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:132
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 123
SCOPUS Cited Count: 135
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 1 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2
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