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Progress of the preparation of polyethylenimine based nanofiltration membranes through interfacial polymerization

Authors： ZHENG liwei, WANG Hao, LI Yue, GUO Shiwei, YUAN Chungang, LUO Jianquan

Units： 1 Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071000, China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing 100190, China; 3 Institute of Process Engineering，Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

KeyWords： interfacial polymerization; positively-charged nanofiltration membrane; loose nanofiltration; magnesium/lithium separation; heavy metal removal

ClassificationCode：TQ050.4

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2023,43(3):158-166

Abstract：

Nanofiltration is a kind of membrane technology between ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis. It has the advantages of low operating pressure, no phase transition, high separation efficiency and low operating cost. Interfacial polymerization is the dominating method to prepare nanofiltration membranes. Compared with the polypiperazine-based nanofiltration membranes which are widely used at present, the novel polyethylenimine (PEI) based nanofiltration membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization have the advantages of strong positive charge (higher cation retention rate), good acid resistance and wide pore size adjustment range, which have increasingly become the research hotspot. In this paper, the progress of preparation of the nanofiltration membrane based on PEI and interfacial polymerization in recent years was reviewed, mainly including the PEI as aqueous monomer or additive, modifier for base membrane, post-treatment agent. Moreover, the existing problems in this field were discussed, and the future research directions were prospected, providing reference for the future research of PEI based nanofiltration membrane.

Funds：

国家自然科学基金项目（22208091）；河北省自然科学基金项目（B2022502009）；中央高校基本科研业务项目（2022MS104）

AuthorIntro：

郑力玮（1997-），男，山东日照人，硕士研究生，研究方向为正电荷纳滤膜制备和应用，wave88531@163.com.

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