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ArticleNature communications2025

Ultrahigh pressure compaction-resistant thin film crosslinked composite reverse osmosis membranes.

Jishan Wu, Javier A Quezada-Renteria, Jinlong He, Minhao Xiao, Yuanmiaoliang Chen, Hanqing Fan, Xinyi Wang, Fiona Chen, Kevin Pataroque, Yara Suleiman and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Jishan Wu *Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Javier A Quezada-Renteria *Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jinlong HeFailure Mechanics and Engineering Disaster Prevention Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5171-3694
Minhao XiaoDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yuanmiaoliang ChenDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Hanqing FanDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-8924
Xinyi WangDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-8812-5175
Fiona ChenDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Kevin PataroqueDepartment of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-6327
Yara SuleimanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Sina ShahbazmohamadiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
N A SreejithComputational Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.
Hariswaran SitaramanComputational Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.
Marc DayComputational Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1711-3963
Ying LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
David JassbyDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2133-2536
Jeffrey R McCutcheonDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-4926
Menachem ElimelechDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-1563
Eric M V HoekDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. emvhoek@ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9674-1916

Funding

DOE | Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | Wind Energy Technologies Office (U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office) DE-FOA-0001905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we present a class of thin-film crosslinked (TFX) composite reverse osmosis (RO) membranes that resist physical compaction at ultrahigh pressures (up to 200 bar). Since RO membranes experience compaction at virtually all pressure ranges, the ability to resist compaction has widespread implications for RO membrane technology. The process described herein involves crosslinking a phase inverted porous polyimide (PI) support membrane followed by interfacial polymerization of a polyamide layer, thereby forming a fully thermoset composite membrane structure. We explore a range of phase inversion membrane formation parameters such as PI concentration, solvent-cosolvent ratios, coagulation bath composition, and crosslinking methods in addition to interfacial polymerization reaction chemistry and conditions. Overall, TFX membranes exhibit significantly less compaction compared to hand-cast and commercial high-pressure RO membranes, experiencing less than 10% decline in water permeance and maintaining salt rejection over 99% for NaCl solutions up to 180,000 mg/L with 200 bar applied pressure.

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