Chlorine-resistant sulfochlorinated and sulfonated polysulfone for reverse osmosis membranes by coating method. 2019

Yali Zhao, and Lei Dai, and Qifeng Zhang, and Shengyang Zhou, and Suobo Zhang
Key Laboratory of Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.

In this work, sulfochlorinated polysulfone (SC-PSf), a functional polysulfone with chlorine resistance, was synthesized through metalation sulfochlorination of polysulfone (PSf). For endowing the required hydrophilicity of SC-PSf, the sulfonyl chloride groups on SC-PSf were partially hydrolyzed to sulfonic groups to produce sulfonated SC-PSf (SC-S-PSf). Thin film composite (TFC) membranes for reverse osmosis application were fabricated by coating solution of SC-S-PSf on porous PSf substrate and then crosslinked by piperazine (PIP) to form polysulfone-sulfamide (PSSA) skin layer. In order to enhance the spreadability of polymer solution on PSf supporting layer, tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC), a common surfactant, was added into the coating solution. A flawless membrane was acquired only by a single coating step and at dilute SC-S-PSf solution when TBAC was added into polymer solution. Through optimizing coating conditions, the NaCl rejection and water flux of PSSA membrane reached 96.9% and 17.8 L/m2h under brackish desalination conditions. Moreover, the PSSA membrane exhibited the long-term stability against chlorine during the operation condition of 2000 ppm NaOCl for 10 days. The salt rejection of PSSA only decreased by 1%. In contrast, the salt rejection of polyamide membrane decreased by 8% under the same condition.

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