PES was supplied by BASF Co., Germany.
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), hexane, and
1,3,5-benzenetricarbonyl trichloride (TMC) with a purity of > 98% dispersed in hexane (98%; Aldrich, China) were supplied by Aladdin Co., China.
N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) and
1,3-phenylenediamine were obtained from Sigma Co., China (MPD; 99%). HA was purchased from (Sigma-Aldrich Co., USA), and
DA hydrochloride was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co., USA (International Laboratory, USA; 99%). Researchers have employed
graphite (Sigma-Aldrich, USA), NaNO
3 (Beijing Chemical Factory, China), H
2O
2, H
2SO
4 (Beijing Chemical Factory, China), and KMnO
4 (Sigma-Aldrich, USA) to produce GO nanosheets (GONs), after which
sodium hypochlorite was employed to assess the chlorine resistance of the membrane (Sigma Co., Egypt). For the FO experiment, sodium chloride (NaCl) was dissolved in deionized water (DI), which was prepared by a Milli-Q system (ACS reagent, Beijing Chemical Factory, China) (Millipore, USA). Sodium alginate, (KH
2PO
4), magnesium chloride (MgCl
2), sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO
3), calcium chloride (CaCl
2), and ammonium chloride (NH
4Cl) (Chemical Supply Pty Ltd, China) were employed for the membrane fouling tests.
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