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Scalable nanoconfined GO/SWCNT-OH membranes for efficient high-salinity organic wastewater treatment.

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Τίτλος: Scalable nanoconfined GO/SWCNT-OH membranes for efficient high-salinity organic wastewater treatment.
Συγγραφείς: An Y; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), Beijing Key Laboratory for Emerging Organic Contaminants Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China., Gao X; Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, PR China., Han JL; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China. Electronic address: hanjinglong@hit.edu.cn., Ning Y; College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China., Fu X; College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China., Ren R; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, PR China., Mei L; School of chemistry and chemical engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, PR China., Jiang W; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China., Yan R; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, PR China., Cui J; College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China. Electronic address: cuijun@buct.edu.cn., Tao Y; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, PR China., Wang A; State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, PR China.
Πηγή: Water research [Water Res] 2026 Oct 15; Vol. 305, pp. 126527. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 18.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Pergamon Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0105072 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-2448 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00431354 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Water Res Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Oxford, Pergamon Press.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Nanotubes, Carbon*/chemistry , Wastewater*/chemistry , Membranes, Artificial* , Waste Disposal, Fluid*, Graphite/chemistry ; Salinity ; Water Purification
Περίληψη: Recovering valuable organic compounds from high-salinity organic wastewater is essential for sustainable chemical manufacturing. However, conventional polymeric membranes suffer from insufficient organic/inorganic selectivity, poor solvent resistance, and severe membrane fouling during practical applications. Herein, we developed a hydroxylated carbon nanotube (CNT-OH)-modulated graphene oxide (GO) membrane to address these challenges. By precisely regulating the inner diameter and hydroxyl content of CNT-OH, rapid transport channels for water molecules and hydrated ions were constructed, which simultaneously suppressed interlayer swelling and enhanced the rejection of organic compounds. The optimized GO/single-walled hydroxylated carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-OH) membrane achieved water permeability of 28.7 l m-2 h-1 bar-1 and separation factor above 15 for negatively charged dyes, antibiotics, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) relative to inorganic salts (NaCl), outperforming commercial nanofiltration (NF) membranes by one order of magnitude. During one-month continuous treatment of real erythromycin (ERY) fermentation broth, the membrane showed only a 7.1% flux decline and maintained 99.9% ERY rejection. Compared with conventional ultrafiltration-nanofiltration (UF-NF) processes, the system reduced operating costs by 66.4% and CO2 emissions by 76.8%, demonstrating pronounced economic and environmental advantages. Overall, the system demonstrates outstanding application potential, strong scalability and engineering feasibility.
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Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Graphene oxide membrane; High-salinity organic wastewater; Organic/inorganic separation; hydroxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes
Substance Nomenclature: 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon)
0 (Membranes, Artificial)
0 (Wastewater)
7782-42-5 (Graphite)
0 (graphene oxide)
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260724 Date Completed: 20260909 Latest Revision: 20260909
Update Code: 20260909
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126527
PMID: 42497558
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
Περιγραφή
ISSN:1879-2448
DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2026.126527