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Tannic acid/ethylenediamine/succinic acid graft modified PVDF anti-pollution membrane and its application in the field of organic pollutant separation

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Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes were surface modified via a simple coating method for improvement of the hydrophilicity performance. In this work, a hydrophilic modified TA/PVDF membrane was prepared by depositing tannic acid (TA). Then, Ethylenediamine (ED) and succinic acid (SA) were grafted onto the surface of the TA coating to prepare TA/ED/PVDF and TA/ED/SA/PVDF membranes. The surface chemical compositions of the modified membrane were investigated by Fourier transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the surface topography of the modified membrane was studied using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Compared with the pristine membrane, the modified membrane has good hydrophilicity and permeability. The water contact angle and water flux of TA/ED/SA/PVDF membrane are 43.3° and 143.8 L·m−2·h−1, respectively. When TA/ED/SA/PVDF membrane was used to separate (Bisphenol A) BPA and (Tetracycline) TC, the rejection ratios reached 86.3% and 91.7%. In addition, the influence of membrane surface charge on the rejection ratio of TC solution was discussed. The results showed that by increasing the pH of the solution from 4 to 10, the retention ratio of TA/ED/SA/PVDF membrane for TC solution increased from 88.8 to 94.4%. In the cycle test, the TA/ED/SA/PVDF membrane has good antifouling performance after three cycles, and its Flux recovery rate reached 89.9%. These results indicated a great application potential of the TA/ED/SA/PVDF modified membrane for water purification, especially antibiotics wastewater treatment.

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Zhang, R., Jiang, J., Liu, Y. et al. Tannic acid/ethylenediamine/succinic acid graft modified PVDF anti-pollution membrane and its application in the field of organic pollutant separation. J Mater Sci 57, 20156–20173 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07789-2

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