Molecular levels unveil the membrane fouling mitigation mechanism of a superpotent N-rGO catalytic ozonation membrane: Interfacial catalytic reaction pathway and induced EfOM transformation reactions

Zilong Song; Zhenbei Wang; Jun Ma; Jingyi Sun; Chen Li; Xiaotong Xu; Chao Chen; Zhonglin Chen; Bingbing Xu; Yi Jiang; Jolanta Kumirska; Ewa Maria Siedlecka; Amir Ikhlaq; Fei Qi; Oksana Ismailova

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121943

Molecular levels unveil the membrane fouling mitigation mechanism of a superpotent N-rGO catalytic ozonation membrane: Interfacial catalytic reaction pathway and induced EfOM transformation reactions

Zilong Song
, Zhenbei Wang
, Jun Ma
, Jingyi Sun
, Chen Li
, Xiaotong Xu
, Chao Chen
, Zhonglin Chen
, Bingbing Xu
, Yi Jiang
, Jolanta Kumirska
, Ewa Maria Siedlecka
, Amir Ikhlaq
, Fei Qi^*
, Oksana Ismailova

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Forestry University
School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
University of Gdańsk
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
Tashkent State Technical University
Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

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Abstract

This study investigated the membrane fouling self-cleaning of N-doped reduced graphene oxide (N-rGO)-tailored ceramic membrane with ozone (N-rGO-CM-O/F) at the molecular level. Density functional theoretical (DFT) revealed the principle of interfacial catalytic reaction, and the transformation of foulants was probed using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) and various spectroscopic techniques. Results showed that ozone could be aggregated on the N-rGO-CM surface and formed abundant ^•OH. This made humic acid-like substances blocking membrane pores to be sufficiently and preferentially removed in N-rGO-CM-O/F by 18-types reactions of catalytic ozonation. Conversely, CM-O/F preferentially removed protein-like substances that formed the cake layer. Due to the stronger catalytic ozonation ability and efficient fouling mitigation behavior, N-rGO-CM-O/F showed higher water flux as 1.96 times than that of CM-O/F. Overall, this study provided molecular insight into the mechanism of membrane fouling mitigation, which will facilitate the design and application of advanced catalytic membranes.

Original language	English
Article number	121943
Journal	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume	319
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121943
State	Published - 15 Dec 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Catalytic ozonation membrane
Density functional theory
FT-ICR-MS
Membrane fouling
N-doped grapheme

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Song, Z., Wang, Z., Ma, J., Sun, J., Li, C., Xu, X., Chen, C., Chen, Z., Xu, B., Jiang, Y., Kumirska, J., Siedlecka, E. M., Ikhlaq, A., Qi, F., & Ismailova, O. (2022). Molecular levels unveil the membrane fouling mitigation mechanism of a superpotent N-rGO catalytic ozonation membrane: Interfacial catalytic reaction pathway and induced EfOM transformation reactions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 319, Article 121943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121943

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Molecular levels unveil the membrane fouling mitigation mechanism of a superpotent N-rGO catalytic ozonation membrane: Interfacial catalytic reaction pathway and induced EfOM transformation reactions. / Song, Zilong; Wang, Zhenbei; Ma, Jun et al.
In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 319, 121943, 15.12.2022.

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Molecular levels unveil the membrane fouling mitigation mechanism of a superpotent N-rGO catalytic ozonation membrane: Interfacial catalytic reaction pathway and induced EfOM transformation reactions

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