Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 515, Issue -, Pages 109-118Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.026
Keywords
Activated carbon; Polyvinylidene fluoride membrane; Membrane fouling; Antifouling; Water treatment
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1701243, 51572089]
- Research Project of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology [20166020240002, 2015B020236001]
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We use activated carbon (AC) and titanium oxide (TiO2) nanomaterials as the additives to prepare four polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based ultrafiltration membranes by nonsolvent induced phase separation. The surface properties (pore size, porosity, hydrophilicity and roughness) of the membranes are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, water contact angle measurement, and atomic force microscopy. The chemical properties of the membranes are evaluated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with attenuated total reflection and X-ray diffraction. All these additives can improve the surface hydrophilicity and water permeation flux of the membrane. However, the addition of TiO2 nanoparticles (20-30 nm) results in larger surface porosities and pore sizes, which causes more severe membrane fouling compared with the neat PVDF membrane. The PVDF-AC membrane exhibits excellent fouling resistance. Particularly, the irreversible fouling after blending AC into PVDF reduces dramatically from 40% to 25%. The antifouling performance of the PVDF-AC membrane may result from the improved hydrophilicity and the favorable surface and structure properties of the membrane. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the antifouling function of AC in membrane preparation. This study suggests that AC could be a new type of nanomaterial for developing antifouling membranes. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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