Performance improvement of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane by blending with polyaniline nanofibers |
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Authors: | Zhifeng Fan Zhi Wang Ning Sun Jixiao Wang Shichang Wang |
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Institution: | aChemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China |
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Abstract: | Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers were used to improve hydrophilic property and permeability of polysulfone (PS) membrane. PS membrane and PS/PANI nanofibers blended membranes with different PANI–PS mass ratios (1, 5, 10, and 15 wt.%) were prepared by phase inversion process. The blended membranes showed similar bovine serum albumin (BSA) and albumin egg (AE) rejections to PS membrane. The blended membranes had larger porosity and better hydrophilic property than PS membrane, which caused the improvement of their permeability. Pure water fluxes of the blended membranes with PANI–PS mass ratios of 1 and 15 wt.% were 1.6 and 2.4 times that of PS membrane, respectively. During the filtration of BSA solution, the blended membranes had slower flux decline rate than PS membrane. Moreover, stable permeate fluxes of the blended membranes with PANI–PS mass ratios of 1 and 15 wt.% were 2.0 and 2.5 times that of PS membrane, respectively. Compared with PS membrane, mechanical property and thermal stability of the blended membranes with less PANI–PS mass ratio, e.g. 1 wt.%, had no obvious change. For the blended membrane with PANI–PS mass ratio of 15 wt.%, breaking strength increased 28% and elongation at break decreased 30.6%. |
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Keywords: | Polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane Polyaniline nanofibers Blending Permeability Antifouling property |
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