Preparation and Characterization of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) Membrane

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahng Hyuck Woo ◽  
Kwang-Mo Kim ◽  
Jinwon Park ◽  
Byoung Ryul Min
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manman Xie ◽  
Xia Feng ◽  
Juncheng Hu ◽  
Zhengyi Liu ◽  
Zijian Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/chitin (CH) blend membranes were prepared via the method of immersion-precipitation phase transformation with the solvent system N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc)/lithium chloride (LiCl) as solvent and water as coagulant. The effect of CH on membrane structure and performance was investigated. Owing to the strong hydrophilicity, CH chains enriched on the blend membrane surface and improved the hydrophilicity of the membrane. The addition of CH also led to the formation of finger-like pores and the increase of pore size and porosity. The flux and the flux recovery ratio (FRR) of the blend membrane were higher than that of pure PVDF membrane. The fouling resistance of the blend membrane was lower than that of PVDF original membrane. In a word, the addition of CH to PVDF membrane improved the hydrophilicity and the anti-fouling ability of PVDF membrane.


2010 ◽  
Vol 152-153 ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui Bao Guo ◽  
Er Ding Han ◽  
Sheng Li An

A new method based on a solution graft technique was used to prepare poly (vinylidene fluoride) grafted polystyrene sulfonated acid (PVDF-g-PSSA) proton exchange membrane. Polystyrene is grafted into PVDF modified by plain sodium silicate (Na4SiO4). There is a linear relationship between the degree of grafting and the content of Na4SiO4. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to characterize changes of the membrane's microstructures after grafting and sulfonation. The morphology of the membrane's microstructures after grafting and sulfonation is studied by scanning electrolytic microscope (SEM). The effect of plain sodium silicate (Na4SiO4) concentration and relative humidity on the conductivity of the electrolyte was investigated by the impedance at room temperature. The results show that the styrene has been grafted into PVDF. The conductivity of PVDF-g-PSSA electrolyte doped 10% plain sodium silicate (Na4SiO4) is 0.016 S/cm at room temperature. The conductivity of the electrolyte changes slightly at a relative humidity range of 20%-70%. The weightlessness of PVDF-g-PSSA electrolyte heated to 40°C was less than 2%, which indicated that water capacity was good.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Aizawa

AbstractCharacterization of 700-nm-thick poly(vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF/TrFE)]/TiO2/Al-doped ZnO (AZO) structures on a glass substrate were investigated. In this study, the sputtered TiO2 films as insulator were used for the reduction of leakage current. The leakage current density of the fabricated Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/AZO and Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/170-nm-thick TiO2/AZO structures were approximately 8.7 and 3.9 nA/cm2 at the applied voltage of 10 V, respectively. In the polarization vs. voltage characteristics, the fabricated Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/TiO2/AZO structures showed hysteresis loops caused by ferroelectric polarization. The remnant polarization (2Pr) and coercive voltage (2Vc) measured from a saturated hysteresis loop at the frequency of 50 Hz were approximately 12 μC/cm2 and 105 V, respectively. These results suggest that the insertion of TiO2 film is available for reducing the gate leakage current without changing the ferroelectric properties.


Desalination ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Jin ◽  
Ying Hua ◽  
Pin Zhang ◽  
Yanbin Yun ◽  
Panyue Zhang ◽  
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