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Study on the performance of polyvinylidene fluoride ultrafiltration membranes regulated by blending modification and surface segregation process

Authors： HE Qinya, WENG Xiaodan, ZHANG Xijian

Units： Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou 311122,China

KeyWords： polyvinylidene fluoride; cellulose acetate; blending modification; surface segregation; pore-size regulation

ClassificationCode：TQ028.3

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2025, 45(6):45-52

Abstract：

?Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membranes often exhibit limited permeation and rejection due to intrinsic hydrophobicity and dense pore architecture. This study introduced cellulose acetate (CA) into PVDF via blending modification and surface segregation using non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS). Tuning CA content and coagulation bath temperature enabled precise control of pore structure, porosity and surface hydrophilicity. Under casting solution of 12% (mass fraction, the following was the same) PVDF, 3% CA and 85% N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), lowering coagulation bath temperature from 45 °C to 25 °C increased surface oxygen content from 14.2% to 16.0%, mean pore size from 28.1 nm to 35.0 nm, pore density from 180.1 μm-2 to 252.6 μm-2 and reduced initial contact angle from 85.1° to 72.0°. Correspondingly, pure water permeance increased to 24 897.1 L/(m2·h·MPa), nearly 33-fold higher than that of pristine PVDF.

Funds：

国家重点研发计划（2022YFC3202900）

AuthorIntro：

何钦雅（1985-），女，浙江金华人，研究方向为膜技术相关水处理工艺.

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