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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 470, Issue -, Pages 112-124Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.013
Keywords
Polysulfone membrane; Click chemistry; Hydrogel; Microstructure; Oil/water emulsion
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21274108]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program of China) [2012AA03A602]
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Hydrogel-tethered polysulfone (PSF) membranes have been synthesized by grafting propargyl-poly (ethylene glycol) (pro-PEG) onto azide-functionalized PSF membrane surfaces via the copper (I) catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadition (CuAAC) reaction, and then used for oil/water emulsion purification. Three pro-PEGs (120, 750 and 1300 g/moL) and two PSF-azi membranes with different degrees of azide functionality were used to obtain a series of PSF-g-PEG membranes. The membranes were characterized in detail by FTIR, XPS, FESEM and the contact angle method. The click reaction was demonstrated to be effective, and PEG was densely and highly uniformly grafted on the membrane surfaces including the pore walls. A higher hydrodynamic thickness of the PEG layer leads to a lower contact angle. The grafting density has more impact on membrane properties than the PEG molecular weight. The membrane grafted with low-molecular weight PEG at high grafting density shows a better combination of antifouling performance and permeance. The best performance was 120 L m(-2) h(-1) emulsion flux with complete oil rejection and over 95% flux recovery in cycled fouling-rinsing tests. It is suggested that high grafting density should be pursued with strict control on the chain length to obtain good emulsion filtration membranes. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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