Volume 48, Issue 5 e70012
Research Article

Modification and Optimization Study of ZIF-8 with Branched Polyethyleneimine Modified Polysulfone Membrane

Sapna Gawali

Sapna Gawali

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Knowledge Corridor, Raisan Village, PDPU Rd, Gandhinagar, Raysan, Gujarat, 382007 India

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Manish Kumar Sinha

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Manish Kumar Sinha

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Knowledge Corridor, Raisan Village, PDPU Rd, Gandhinagar, Raysan, Gujarat, 382007 India

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Surendra Sasikumar Jampa

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Surendra Sasikumar Jampa

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Knowledge Corridor, Raisan Village, PDPU Rd, Gandhinagar, Raysan, Gujarat, 382007 India

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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First published: 14 April 2025

Abstract

In this work, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and modified ZIF-8 with polyethyleneimine (PEI) were incorporated into the PSF (polysulfone) matrix. The fabricated PSF/ZIF-8-PEI mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) showed better results (rejection of bovine serum albumin (BSA) 98.9 %) for oil–water emulsion than PSF/ZIF-8 MMMs. It is noticed that the steady-state pure water flux (PWF) of PSF/ZIF-8-PEI MMMs is 2.73 times greater than PSF/ZIF-8 MMMs. During the membrane performance for ultrafiltration (UF), various parameters are affected, such as pH, loading of additives, and feed concentration. To determine the optimization performance of the membrane (both filler MMMs), the response surface methodology (RSM) (Box–Behnken method) is used to design the experiment. The optimized results investigated the maximum BSA rejection of 99.99 % and flux recovery ratio (FRR) of (0.97) 97 %. This is the novelty of the present work. The MMMs were characterized in PXED, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), TGA, SEM, and water contact angle (WCA) for confirmation of filler materials.

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