New type of nanofiltration membrane based on crosslinked hyperbranched polymers

Autor: Liping Zhu, You-Yi Xu, Zhi-Ming Huang, Bao-Ku Zhu, Hui-Yu Deng, Xiu-Zhen Wei
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Journal of Membrane Science. 323:278-287
ISSN: 0376-7388
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.014
Popis: Novel nanofiltration (NF) membrane was developed from hydroxyl-ended hyperbranched polyester (HPE) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) by in situ interfacial polymerization process using ultrafiltration polysulfone membrane as porous support. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and water contact angle (CA) measurements were employed to characterize the resulting membranes. The results indicated that the crosslinked hyperbranched polyester produced a uniform, ultra-thin active layer atop polysulfone (PSf) membrane support. FTIR-ATR spectra indicated that TMC reacted sufficiently with HPE. Water permeability and salts rejection of the prepared NF membrane were measured under low trans-membrane pressures. The resulting NF membranes exhibited significantly enhanced water permeability while maintaining high rejection of salts. The salts rejection increase was accompanied with the flux decrease when TMC dosage was increased. The flux and rejection of NF 1 for Na 2 SO 4 (1 g/L) reached to 79.1 l/m 2 h and 85.4% under 0.3 MPa. The results encourage further exploration of NF membrane preparation using hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) as the selective ultra-thin layer.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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