Abstract
The poor applicability of conducting polymers due to the limitations of processibility has motivated researchersto prepare their composites. Diffusive chemical oxidative polymerization technique of pyrrole is employed toprepare polypyrrole-polysulfone (PPy-Psf) composite membranes. FTIR, TGA and AFM studies have been carriedout to provide evidence for incorporation of pyrrole moiety as well as to characterize the composites. The polysulfone-polypyrrole composite membranes show the potential of removing sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate fromthe solution to a certain extent. The study reveals that salt rejection performance of the composite membranesdepends on the FeCl 3 dopant concentration, and it follows the order R MgSO4 > R NaCl .
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 366-372 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Desalination |
Volume | 225 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2008 |
Keywords
- Composite
- Membrane
- Polypyrrole
- Polysulfone
- Rejection
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Water Science and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering