Volume 41, Issue 2 pp. 327-336
Research Article

Affinitive Poly(vinylidene difluoride) Membranes for Enhancing Au(III) Separation with Extremely High Selectivity

Xiaomin Wang

Xiaomin Wang

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

Nanchang Water Industry Group, No. 99 Guanying Road, 330025 Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Lei Li

Lei Li

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Chuanfang Yang

Corresponding Author

Chuanfang Yang

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China

Correspondence: Chuanfang Yang ([email protected]), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, 1 North 2 Ave Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, China.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 08 November 2017
Citations: 5

Abstract

Thiourea-poly(vinylidene difluoride) (Th-PVDF) resin was synthesized and then cast into affinitive microporous membranes for Au(III) adsorption. The addition degree of thiourea to the resin was promoted from 22.6 % to 36.3 % when using NaOH as the catalyst. Higher addition degrees resulted in enhanced resin adsorption capacity. It also led to increased membrane hydrophilicity, higher membrane loading capacity, and membrane utilization efficiency. The membrane exhibited an extremely high selectivity toward Au(III) over other metal ions, and was easily regenerated for reuse without performance deterioration within four adsorption-regeneration cycles. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XRS) analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation revealed that Au(III) was partially bonded to the membrane as gold chloride and partially reduced to Au(0) as gold particles.

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