Applied Water Science (Feb 2022)

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membrane fabrication with an ionic liquid via non-solvent thermally induced phase separation (N-TIPs)

  • Ting He,
  • Xiaogang Li,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Yue Zhou,
  • Xiaozu Wang,
  • Zhaohui Wang,
  • Naser Tavajohi,
  • Zhaoliang Cui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-021-01499-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 1 – 11

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Abstract In this paper, ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate was the first time successfully utilized as single solvent in preparing the PVDF membrane with a good performance by N-TIPs method. The effects of quenching temperature and hydrophilic additive content on the morphology, permeability, and strength of the membranes were studied. All the prepared PVDF membranes were proved to be a pure β phase by FTIR and XRD, possessing a narrow pore size distribution. By adjusting quenching temperature and additive content, membranes with a flux of 383.2 L/m2 h and concentrated pore diameter of 26 nm obtained.

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