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Preparation and separation performance of acid-resistant polyether nanofiltration membranes

Authors： HU Xinmiao1, LI Mowen1, ZHANG Wenhai2, MENG Hong2, GUO Hongxia1

Units： 1. State Key Laboratory of Materials Low-Carbon Recycling, College of Materials Science and
Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Energy
Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University,
Urumqi 830046, China

KeyWords： interfacial polymerization; polyether; nanofiltration membrane; acid-resistant membrane; chlorine resistance

ClassificationCode：TQ028.4

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2026, 46(4):1-11

Abstract：

To address the structural and performance degradation of nanofiltration (NF) membranes under strongly acidic and chlorine-containing conditions during dye wastewater treatment, this study proposed a separation-layer construction strategy that simultaneously balanced chemical stability and water permeability. By incorporating rigid aromatic polyphenol units and triazine ring structures into the polymer network of the separation-layer, a novel aromatic polyether composite NF membrane was fabricated on a PSf substrate via interfacial polymerization, using phloroglucinol and cyanuric chloride as reaction monomers. Under optimized preparation conditions, the resulting membrane exhibited a water permeability of 218.23 L/(m2·h·MPa) and a rejection of 96.84% toward eriochrome black R (EBR). Owing to the polyether network synergistically constructed by rigid aromatic backbones and triazine rings, the membrane maintained stable separation performance after immersion for over 60 days in 15% (mass fraction) hydrochloric acid, 15% (mass fraction) sulfuric acid, and 1 g/L sodium hypochlorite solutions. These results demonstrate the promising application potential of the developed polyether NF membrane for the treatment of acidic and chlorine-containing dye wastewater.

Funds：

国家自然科学基金面上项目（22178007， 22468046）

AuthorIntro：

胡欣淼（2000-），女，山西临汾人，硕士研究生，研究方向为高性能分离膜及其应用.*通讯作者,张文海，E-mail：whzhang0305@163.com;郭红霞，E-mail：hxguo@bjut.edu.cn

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