Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 305-310.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2011.00305

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Preparation and Ions Retention Properties of TiO2 Nanofiltration Membranes

QI Hong, LI Shi-Da, JIANG Xiao-Luo, HAN Jing   

  1. Membrane Scienceand Technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China
  • Received:2010-05-13 Revised:2010-08-04 Published:2011-03-20 Online:2011-02-18
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China(20906047);Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Enginee-ring (SKL-ChE-09A01)

Abstract: A stable TiO2 Solwith a mean particle size of 1.2 nm was synthesized with titanium is opropoxideas a precursor through polymeric Sol-Gel route. Diska -Al2O3 supported mesoporousg -Al2O3membrane with mean pore size of 3 nm was used as support for nanofiltration membranes deposition. Defect-free TiO2 nanofiltration membranessuper imposed on these supports were fabricated via dip-coating method followed by drying and calcination. The effect of calcination temperature on properties of unsupported TiO2membranes (powders) as well as supported TiO2 nanofiltration membranes was studied in detail. The MWCO, mean pore size and pure water fluxof TiO2 nanofiltration membrane calcined at 350℃were 890, 1.5 nm and 5.3 L/(m2·h)(at 8×105Pa,20℃), respectively. Ions retention properties of Ti-350 nanofiltration membrane towards five solutions like NaCl, CaCl2, Na2SO4,MgCl2 and Ni(NO3)2 were characterized. Under apH value of 4.0 and transmembrane pressure of 5.0×105Pa,the retention properties of Ti-350 membrane towards CaCl2 and MgCl2solutions reach maximum values of 96.5% and 92.8%, respectively.

Key words: ceramic nanofiltration membranes, titania, Sol-Gel method, ions retention

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