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3, 3′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone engagement in polysulfonamide-based acid-resistant nanofiltration membrane fabrication for efficient separation performance and heavy metal ions removal from wastewater

Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Temitope Fausat Ajibade, Kaisong Zhang

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Abstract

The desirability of acid-resistant nanofiltration (NF) membranes having superior acid stability with good separation performance for industrial acid wastewater treatment and reclamation is currently in high demand. Here, we presented a new sulfonated-based acid-resistant NF membrane prepared by the crosslinking and participation action of 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) via the synthesis of branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI) and 1,3-benzenedisulfonyl chloride (BDSC). By optimizing the preparation conditions, the BP-DDS/BD membrane exhibited an improved pure water flux of 13.4 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 and a MgCl2 rejection of 97.3% for 1000 ppm. It also shows desirable rejection (>90%) and adsorption capacities for selected heavy metals. In addition, an excellent pressure resistance at different operating bars was achieved. Benefiting from the strong and stable S[dbnd]O bond present in DDS, the optimized BP-DDS/BD membrane displayed an outstanding acid stability at different acid immersion conditions while also maintaining impressive long-term stability of 240 h after 30 days acid exposure period. The polysulfonamide (PSA)-based NF membrane presented in this work therefore demonstrated viable and promising usefulness in wastewater treatment containing acid and heavy metal ions removal.

Original languageEnglish
Article number120909
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Membrane Science
Volume661
Early online date10 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2022

Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available on request.

Acknowledgements

The authors also thank Hongyun Ren and Zhen Xu at the Center of Analysis & Measurement from the Institute of Urban Environment, CAS for the TEM and XPS measurement, respectively and also Danmei Pan from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS for the AFM test.

Funding

This work was supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFC3201402), Ministry of Science and Technology; the Bureau of Frontier Sciences and Education (QYZDB-SSWDQC044), the Bureau of INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (132C35KYSB20160018), the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Joint Project between CAS-CSIRO (132C35KYSB20170051) and FJIRSM & IUE Joint Research Fund (No. RHZX-2019-002). K. H. Lasisi appreciates Chinese Academy of Sciences-The World Academy of Sciences (CAS-TWAS) for the President’s Fellowship. The authors thank Oxiamembrane Co., Ltd. for financial and technical support.

Keywords

  • 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone
  • Acid-resistant membrane
  • Acidic wastewater treatment
  • Heavy metal removal
  • Nanofiltration membrane
  • Polysulfonamide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Filtration and Separation

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