Surface modification of polypiperazine-amide membrane by self-assembled method for dye wastewater treatment

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2015.01.005

Abstract

Abstract: Polypiperazine-amide membranes were modified with poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) by self-assembled method, through which PEI molecules were fixed on the membrane surface by ionic interaction. In the experiments, the PEI concentration ranged from50 to 2000 mg·L^-1 while the depositing time was fixed at 20 min. The results showed that low PEI concentration resulted in a slight increase of pure water flux, which was attributed to the enhanced membrane surface hydrophilicity. The PEI adsorption on membrane surface had less effect on the rejections to neutral PEG and sucrose, but improved the rejections to divalent cationic ions and methylene blue as the result of reversion of the membrane surface charge from negative to positive according to the XPS analysis and zeta potential measurements. The membrane modified at PEI = 1500 mg·L^-1 exhibited high rejection to methylene blue (MB) and is potential to be applied in the treatment of effluents containing positively charged dyes.

Key words: Surface modification, Polypiperazine-amide, Self-assembled, Nanofiltration membrane

摘要： Polypiperazine-amide membranes were modified with poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) by self-assembled method, through which PEI molecules were fixed on the membrane surface by ionic interaction. In the experiments, the PEI concentration ranged from50 to 2000 mg·L^-1 while the depositing time was fixed at 20 min. The results showed that low PEI concentration resulted in a slight increase of pure water flux, which was attributed to the enhanced membrane surface hydrophilicity. The PEI adsorption on membrane surface had less effect on the rejections to neutral PEG and sucrose, but improved the rejections to divalent cationic ions and methylene blue as the result of reversion of the membrane surface charge from negative to positive according to the XPS analysis and zeta potential measurements. The membrane modified at PEI = 1500 mg·L^-1 exhibited high rejection to methylene blue (MB) and is potential to be applied in the treatment of effluents containing positively charged dyes.

关键词: Surface modification, Polypiperazine-amide, Self-assembled, Nanofiltration membrane

Yong Zhou, Zhenan Dai, Ding Zhai, Congjie Gao. Surface modification of polypiperazine-amide membrane by self-assembled method for dye wastewater treatment[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2015, 23(6): 912-918.

Yong Zhou, Zhenan Dai, Ding Zhai, Congjie Gao. Surface modification of polypiperazine-amide membrane by self-assembled method for dye wastewater treatment[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 23(6): 912-918.

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