Enhancing the permselectivity of pervaporation membrane by constructing the active layer through alternative self-assembly and spin-coating

Jianwu Ding, Minhua Zhang, Zhongyi Jiang, Yifan Li, Jing Ma, Jing Zhao

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Abstract

Polyelectrolyte composite membranes with ultrathin active layer were utilized for pervaporation dehydration of ethanol aqueous solution. The active layer was constructed by sequential spin-coating and self-assembly of chitosan (CS) and hyaluronic acid (HA), respectively, on the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) support layer. The spin-coating layer was denoted as inner layer, and the self-assembly layer was denoted as capping layer, and these two layers were compatible well without distinct boundary. Compared with single-active-layer CS/PAN and HA/PAN membranes, the HA/CS/PAN membranes showed higher separation factor. It was also observed that the separation factor of the HA/CS/PAN membranes with HA as capping layer was higher than that of the CS/HA/PAN membrane with CS as capping layer, but their fluxes were quite close. A probable explanation was presented based on the higher sorption selectivity of HA and the higher diffusion selectivity of CS. Under the optimized membrane preparation recipe, the HA/CS/PAN membrane exhibited the permeation flux of 1447g/(m 2h) and the separation factor of 704 for dehydration of 90wt.% ethanol aqueous solution at 80°C. Furthermore, the membranes displayed the desirable long-term operation stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)218-225
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Membrane Science
Volume390-391
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chitosan
  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Pervaporation membrane
  • Self-assembly
  • Spin-coating

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