Transforming an end-of-life reverse osmosis membrane in a cationic exchange membrane and its application in a fungal microbial fuel cell
dc.contributor.author | Somrani, Anissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Shabani, Mehri | |
dc.contributor.author | Mohamed, Zaineb | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghaffour, NorEddine | |
dc.contributor.author | Seibel, Fabio | |
dc.contributor.author | Briao, Vandre Barbosa | |
dc.contributor.author | Pontié, Maxime | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-31T07:48:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-31T07:48:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05-04 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2020-12-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Somrani, A., Shabani, M., Mohamed, Z., Ghaffour, N., Seibel, F., Briao, V. B., & Pontié, M. (2021). Transforming an end-of-life reverse osmosis membrane in a cationic exchange membrane and its application in a fungal microbial fuel cell. Ionics. doi:10.1007/s11581-021-04070-5 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1862-0760 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0947-7047 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11581-021-04070-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/669308 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article describes for the first time the elaboration of a cationic exchange membrane (CEM) from an end-of-life reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. The cationic exchange membrane has been prepared in two successive steps: (i) chlorine attack and (ii) filtration/adsorption of a polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS) electrolyte solution. Physicochemical characterizations have been undertaken including (Na+) transference number (t(Na+)), diffusion flux measurements (Js), and cationic exchange capacity (CEC) determinations, as the properties encountered for a classical cationic exchange membrane. The hydraulic permeability (Lp) was also determined to characterize the molecular weight cut-off. This novel membrane denoted as ANIMAX has also been characterized by ATR-FTIR and SEM/AFM tools. We have utilized an old brackish water membrane denoted BW30 (stocked in bisulfite 1% for 10 years) to develop a new sulfonated UF membrane with a molecular cut-off of 55 kDa. We have observed that the roughness was divided by 2 (295 to 144nm) showing a lower propensity to fouling/biofouling of the novel membrane elaborated. As for the application, the newly synthesized membrane has been tested during 4 days of experiments in a fungal microbial fuel cell laboratory set-up vs Nafion© 117 the usual cationic membrane in MFC technology. We observed a lower external resistance with a value of 8 kOhm vs 37 kOhm for ANIMAX vs Nafion®117, respectively. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank the microscopy department of Angers University (SCIAM, France) with a special thanks to Romain Mallet. Lots of thanks to Nadege BLON for the FTIR spectra result from the Chemical Engineering Department of Angers University, Faculty of Sciences. We would also like to appreciate the Campus France, Paris (France), and the French Embassy in Tehran (Iran) for providing the scholarship of Ph.D. student Mehri Shabani. | |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | |
dc.relation.url | https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11581-021-04070-5 | |
dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Ionics | |
dc.title | Transforming an end-of-life reverse osmosis membrane in a cationic exchange membrane and its application in a fungal microbial fuel cell | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division | |
dc.contributor.department | Environmental Science and Engineering Program | |
dc.identifier.journal | Ionics | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2022-05-04 | |
dc.eprint.version | Post-print | |
dc.contributor.institution | Physics Sciences Department, College of Sciences and Arts, Al Jouf University, Tabarjal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |
dc.contributor.institution | Dept. of Chemistry, Group Analysis and Processes (GA&P), University of Angers, 2 Bd. Lavoisier, 49045, Angers Cedex 01, France | |
dc.contributor.institution | ESAIP La Salle, CERADE, 18, rue du 8 mai 1945, Saint-Barthélemy d’Anjou Cedex, 49180, France | |
dc.contributor.institution | Faculty de Engineering and Architecture, University de Passo Fundo (UPF), Rodovia BR 285, km 292, n° 7, Passo Fundo, RS, CEP: 99052-900, Brazil | |
kaust.person | Ghaffour, Noreddine | |
dc.date.accepted | 2021-04-21 | |
dc.identifier.eid | 2-s2.0-85105498047 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-05-31T07:49:18Z | |
dc.date.published-online | 2021-05-04 | |
dc.date.published-print | 2021-07 |
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