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Interaction-based ion selectivity exhibited by self-assembled, cross-linked zwitterionic copolymer membranes.

ABSTRACT: Water filtration membranes with advanced ion selectivity are urgently needed for resource recovery and the production of clean drinking water. This work investigates the separation capabilities of cross-linked zwitterionic copolymer membranes, a self-assembled membrane system featuring subnanometer zwitterionic nanochannels. We demonstrate that selective zwitterion-anion interactions simultaneously control salt partitioning and diffusivity, with the permeabilities of NaClO₄, NaI, NaBr, NaCl, NaF, and Na₂SO₄ spanning roughly three orders of magnitude over a wide range of feed concentrations. We model salt flux using a one-dimensional transport model based on the Maxwell-Stefan equations and show that diffusion is the dominant mode of transport for 1:1 sodium salts. Differences in zwitterion-Cl^- and zwitterion-F^- interactions granted these membranes with the ultrahigh Cl^-/F^- permselectivity (P _Cl- /P _F- = 24), enabling high fluoride retention and high chloride passage even from saline mixtures of NaCl and NaF.

SUBMITTER: Lounder SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449329 | biostudies-literature |

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