Membrane fabrication is a critical area that hampers forward osmosis (FO) technology from industrialization. Herein, electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofiber (NF) was used as a support layer for thin film composite (TFC) FO membrane. The PVA NF was incorporated with sulfonated graphene oxide (sGO). The oxygenous-rich sGO enhanced the hydrophilicity and mechanical strength of PVA NF as revealed by contact angle and tensile strength measurements, and pure water flux. On this support, the active polyamide layer was formed through interfacial polymerization. Meanwhile, FO performance of sGO/PVA TFC membrane is currently being evaluated. This work was supported by NRF of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2016R1A2B1009221 and 2017R1A2B2002109) and Ministry of Education (2009-0093816 and 22A20130012051 (BK21Plus)).

• 아닐린 벤도이(명지대학교 에너지융합공학과, 에너지환경융합기술연구소) | Anelyn P. Bendoy
• 하나 게브리찌아버(명지대학교 에너지융합공학과, 에너지환경융합기술연구소) | Hana G. Zeweldi
• 박명준(시드니공과대학) | Myoung Jun Par
• 김한승(명지대학교 환경에너지공학과) | Hanseung Kim
• 정욱진(명지대학교 에너지융합공학과, 에너지환경융합기술연구소) | Wook-Jin Chung 교신저자
• 그레이스 니솔라(명지대학교 에너지융합공학과, 에너지환경융합기술연구소) | Grace M. Nisola 교신저자