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    Effect of Precipitation Temperature on the Properties of Cellulose Ultrafiltration Membranes Prepared via Immersion Precipitation with Ionic Liquid as Solvent

    Year: 2018

    Journal: Membranes, Volume 8, DEC

    Authors: Nevstrueva, Dania; Pihlajamaki, Arto; Nikkola, Juha; Manttari, Mika

    Organizations: Finnish Bioeconomy Cluster (FIBIC); TEKES-the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (FuBio JR2 project)

    Keywords: cellulose; ionic liquid; ultrafiltration; coagulation bath temperature; immersion precipitation

    Supported cellulose ultrafiltration membranes are cast from a cellulose-ionic liquid solution by the immersion precipitation technique. The effects of coagulation bath temperature and polymer concentration in the casting solution on the membrane morphology, wettability, pure water flux, molecular weight cut-off, and fouling resistance are studied. Scanning electron microscopy, contact angle measurements, atomic force microscopy, and filtration experiments are carried out in order to characterise the obtained ultrafiltration cellulose membranes. The results show the effect of coagulation bath temperature and polymer concentration on the surface morphology and properties of cellulose ultrafiltration membranes. Optimisation of the two parameters leads to the creation of dense membranes with good pure water fluxes and proven fouling resistance towards humic acid water solutions.
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