Enhanced Separation Performance of PVDF/PVP-g-MMT Nanocomposite Ultrafiltration Membrane Based on the NVP-Grafted Polymerization Modification of Montmorillonite (MMT)

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• 作者：Panpan Wang ; Jun Ma ; Zhenghui Wang ; Fengmei Shi ; Qianliang Liu
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：March 13, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：10
• 页码：4776-4786
• 全文大小：549K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.10(March 13, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

A novel hydrophilic nanocomposite additive (PVP-g-MMT), coupling of hydrophilic modifier, self-dispersant, and pore-forming agent (porogen), was synthesized by the surface modification of montmorillonite (MMT) with N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) via 鈥済rafting from鈥?polymerization in the presence of H₂O₂鈥揘H₃路H₂O as the initiator, and then the nanocomposite membrane of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and PVP-g-MMT was fabricated by wet phase inversion onto clean glass plates. The existence and dispersion of PVP-g-MMT had a great role on structures, morphologies, surface composition, and chemistry of the as-prepared nanocomposite membranes confirmed by varieties of spectroscopic and microscopic characterization techniques, all of which were the correlated functions of PVP-g-MMT content in casting solution. By using the dead-end filtration of protein aqueous solution, the performance of the membrane was evaluated. It was seen that all of the nanocomposite membranes showed obvious improvement of water flux and proper BSA rejection ratio, compared to the control PVDF membrane. Meanwhile, dynamic BSA fouling resistance and flux recovery properties were also greatly enhanced due to the changes of surface hydrophilicity and morphologies. All the experimental results indicated that the as-prepared PVDF nanocomposite membranes showed better separation performances than the control PVDF membrane. Hopefully, the demonstrated method of hydrophilic nanocomposite additive synthesis would be applied for commonly hydroxyl group-containing inorganic nanoparticles, which was favorable to fabricate hydrophilic nanoparticle-enhanced polymer membranes for water treatment.