In this study, Ti₃C₂T_x (MXene) was used to enhance the fouling resistance of FO flat-thin film membranes. Mixed-matrix Ti₃C₂T_x (MXene)/ cellulose acetate (CA) membranes with different (wt%) loading of MXene were fabricated by covalent crosslinking followed by phase inversion protocol. The fabricated membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and contact angle measurement. The performance of the fabricated FO membranes was evaluated using seawater as draw solution (DS) and two feed solutions (FS) namely; distilled water (DW) and treated sewage effluent (TSE). The water flux, reverse solute flux and the rejection of dissolved solids were evaluated in the FO process. It was found that the cross-linked cellulose acetate membrane with 8 wt% MXene (CCAM-8%) showed higher resistance to fouling when compared with commercial thin-film composite (TFC) FO membrane, the water flux of CCAM-8% decreased by only 10.7% using TSE as FS compared to DW, where the water flux of the TFC commercial membrane decreased by 32.2% when using TSE as FS compared to DW.

在这项研究中，Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x（MXene）用于增强FO平膜薄膜的抗污性。混合矩阵Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x通过共价交联，然后进行相转化方案，制得具有不同（wt％）MXene负载量的（MXene）/醋酸纤维素（CA）膜。通过扫描电子显微镜（SEM），能量色散X射线光谱（EDS），X射线粉末衍射（XRD）和接触角测量来表征所制造的膜。使用海水作为汲取溶液（DS）和两种进料溶液（FS）评估制成的FO膜的性能。蒸馏水（DW）和处理后的污水（TSE）。在FO工艺中评估了水通量，反向溶质通量和溶解固体的排出。已发现，与市售薄膜复合材料（TFC）FO膜相比，具有8 wt％MXene（CCAM-8％）的交联醋酸纤维素膜显示出更高的抗结垢性，