RT Journal Article T1 Polyamide/MOF bilayered thin film composite hollow fiber membranes with tuned MOF thickness for water nanofiltration A1 Echaide-Górriz, Carlos A1 Zapata, José A. A1 Etxeberría-Benavides, Miren A1 Téllez, Carlos A1 Coronas, Joaquín AB A bilayered polyamide-MOF membrane was synthesized on the inner surface of a hollow fiber support (200/350 mm ID/OD). The continuous MOF layer was prepared by liquid phase crystallization, and after that a polyamide layer was formed by interfacial polymerization on the top of the MOF. Firstly, the influence of time in the crystal growth of the MOF layer (from 15 to 120 min) was studied. The main characteristics of such MOF layer were tested (gas permeance and selectivity, and layer thickness measurements by SEM) to decide which of them were the optimum to support the polyamide thin film. The final bilayered membranes were characterized by SEM imaging and XPS and their performance was established in the nanofiltration of a solution of sunset yellow (450 Da) in water. Both permeance and selectivity were improved compared to a conventional TFC membrane (without the MOF layer): water permeance from 0.06 ± 0.01 to 0.24 ± 0.09 L·m−2·h−1·bar−1, and dye rejection from 88 ± 2 to 98 ± 1%). SN 1383-5866 YR 2020 FD 2020-04-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4300 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4300 LA eng NO Echaide-Górriz , C , Zapata , J A , Etxeberría-Benavides , M , Téllez , C & Coronas , J 2020 , ' Polyamide/MOF bilayered thin film composite hollow fiber membranes with tuned MOF thickness for water nanofiltration ' , Separation and Purification Technology , vol. 236 , 116265 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116265 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier B.V. NO Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional) ( MAT2016-77290-R ), the Aragón Government ( T43-17R ) and the ESF is gratefully acknowledged. C. Echaide-Górriz thanks the Aragón Government for his PhD grant. All the microscopy work was done in the Laboratorio de Microscopías Avanzadas at the Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (LMA-INA). The authors acknowledge the LMA-INA for offering access to their instruments and expertise. Appendix A Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional) (MAT2016-77290-R), the Aragón Government (T43-17R) and the ESF is gratefully acknowledged. C. Echaide-Górriz thanks the Aragón Government for his PhD grant. All the microscopy work was done in the Laboratorio de Microscopías Avanzadas at the Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (LMA-INA). The authors acknowledge the LMA-INA for offering access to their instruments and expertise. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 1 sept 2024