Physicochemical effects of hydrolyzed asymmetric polyacrylonitrile membrane microstructure on dehydrating butanol

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.05.008

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Title:	Physicochemical effects of hydrolyzed asymmetric polyacrylonitrile membrane microstructure on dehydrating butanol
Authors:	Lai, Cheng-Lee Chao, Wei-Chi Hung, Wei-Song An, Quanfu De Guzman, Manuel Hu, Chien-Chieh Lee, Kueir-Rarn
Contributors:	環境工程與科學系
Keywords:	Polyacrylonarile Hydrolysis Free volume Positron annihilation lifetime
Date:	2015-09
Issue Date:	2016-04-19 19:07:02 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Elsevier Science Bv
Abstract:	Traditionally, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is coated with a selective layer to tailor it for dehydrating butanel by pervaporation. But we hydrolyzed PAN with sodium hydroxide for such a purpose. Fourier transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that PAN's CN group was hydrolyzed to CONH2, which was further converted to COOH. As a result, the hydrolyzed PAN (HPAN) was made more hydrophilic, as evidenced from water contact angle data. CONH2 and COOH formed hydrogen bonds between them, causing molecular chains to rearrange (according to X-ray diffraction) and pores to shrink (shown by scanning electron microscopy). Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy revealed that hydrolysis led to free volume radius decrease; however, prolonged hydrolysis caused breakage of molecular chains. The HPAN produced after 4 h hydrolysis exhibited narrow free volume distribution and delivered exceptional performance (water concentration in permeate = 99.1 wt%; permeation flux = 2.03 kg/m(2)h). (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Relation:	Journal of Membrane Science, v.490, pp.275-281
Appears in Collections:	[Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Science (including master's program)] Periodical Articles

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