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Regulation of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Sulfonated Nano-TiO2 Hybrid Membranes Interface Promotes Diffusion Dialysis

Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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Polymers 2021, 13(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010014
Received: 4 September 2020 / Revised: 14 December 2020 / Accepted: 18 December 2020 / Published: 23 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials)
It is important to emphasize that the adjustment of an organic–inorganic interfacial chemical environment plays an important role during the separation performance of composite materials. In this paper, a series of hybrid membranes were prepared by blending polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution and sulfonated nano-TiO2 (SNT) suspension. The effects of different interfacial chemical surroundings on ions transfer were explored by regulating the dosage content of SNT. The as-prepared membranes exhibited high thermal and mechanical stability, with initial decomposition temperatures of 220–253 °C, tensile strengths of 31.5–53.4 MPa, and elongations at break of 74.5–146.0%. The membranes possessed moderate water uptake (WR) values of 90.9–101.7% and acceptable alkali resistances (swelling degrees were 187.2–206.5% and weight losses were 10.0–20.8%). The as-prepared membranes were used for the alkali recovery of a NaOH/Na2WO4 system via the diffusion dialysis process successfully. The results showed that the dialysis coefficients of OH (UOH) were in a range of 0.013–0.022 m/h, and separate factors (S) were in an acceptable range of 22–33. Sulfonic groups in the interfacial regions and –OH in the PVA main chains were both deemed to play corporate roles during the transport of Na+ and OH. View Full-Text
Keywords: sulfonated; nano-TiO2; diffusion dialysis; alkali recovery; assisted transport sulfonated; nano-TiO2; diffusion dialysis; alkali recovery; assisted transport
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Liang, Y.; Huang, X.; Yao, L.; Xia, R.; Cao, M.; Ge, Q.; Zhou, W.; Qian, J.; Miao, J.; Wu, B. Regulation of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Sulfonated Nano-TiO2 Hybrid Membranes Interface Promotes Diffusion Dialysis. Polymers 2021, 13, 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010014

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Liang Y, Huang X, Yao L, Xia R, Cao M, Ge Q, Zhou W, Qian J, Miao J, Wu B. Regulation of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Sulfonated Nano-TiO2 Hybrid Membranes Interface Promotes Diffusion Dialysis. Polymers. 2021; 13(1):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010014

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Liang, Yuxia, Xiaonan Huang, Lanzhong Yao, Ru Xia, Ming Cao, Qianqian Ge, Weibin Zhou, Jiasheng Qian, Jibin Miao, and Bin Wu. 2021. "Regulation of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Sulfonated Nano-TiO2 Hybrid Membranes Interface Promotes Diffusion Dialysis" Polymers 13, no. 1: 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010014

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