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Preparation and properties of high flux anti-pollution
polyamide composite membranes

Authors： LIU Xindian, DAI Lei, ZHUANGSijie, SUN Chang, LONG Zhu

Units： Research Laboratory of Functional Materials for Short Fibres, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

KeyWords： polyamide composite membrane; anti-pollution property; high permeability; polyvinyl alcohol; carboxymethyl cellulose

ClassificationCode：TQ028.8

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2025,45(3):66-77

Abstract：

By employing a physical coating-crosslinking method using glutaraldehyde (GA) as the crosslinking agent, a polyethylene glycol (PVA) coating was constructed on the surface of a polyamide (PA) composite membrane. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was used as an additive to enhance its permeability and anti-fouling properties. The study demonstrated that when the mass fraction of PVA was 1.0% and the mass fraction of CMC was 0.2%, the resulting PA composite membrane with a PVA-1.0/CMC-0.2/GA coating achieved a pure water flux of 53.2 L/(m2·h), which was a 14.4% increase in pure water flux compared to the membrane with only a PVA-1.0/GA coating [pure water flux of 46.5 L/(m2·h)].This improvement was attributed to the relatively regular structure of PVA, which contains a large number of hydroxyl groups that can form crystalline regions through hydrogen bonding, thereby hindering the permeation of water molecules. The addition of CMC reduced the crystallinity of the coating, thereby improving the membrane’s water permeability. Anti-fouling experiments indicated that compared to the pristine PA membrane, the PVA/GA and PVA/CMC/GA coatings significantly enhanced the anti-fouling performance of the polyamide composite membrane, with the addition of CMC further improving the permeability of the coating. This high-purity water flux and anti-fouling composite membrane has broad application prospects in water treatment, separation, and environmental purification.

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刘新典（1999-），河南南阳人，硕士研究生，主要研究方向为聚酰胺膜抗污染涂层的制备及水处理应用

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