TY - JOUR
T1 - Recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate) for High Temperature Solvent Resistant Membranes
AU - Pulido, Bruno
AU - Habboub, Ola
AU - Aristizabal, Sandra
AU - Szekely, Gyorgy
AU - Nunes, Suzana Pereira
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): URF/1/3441-01-01
Acknowledgements: The authors thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for the financial support, in particular to the OSR for CRG6 grant URF/1/3441-01-01.
PY - 2019/7/22
Y1 - 2019/7/22
N2 - Porous membranes of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were prepared by non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) and evaluated for the first time for the filtration in high temperature solvents and other harsh environments. The PET was recycled from commercial water bottles. The morphology, pore size and pore density were optimized by varying the composition of the polymer concentration in the casting solution, the solvent, and the non-solvent bath in conditions of controlled humidity and temperature. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) of 0.2 and 1 kg mol-1 was used as an additive and pore inducing agent. The filtration performance of the membranes was tested under different solvents and temperatures. The obtained PET membranes were successfully applied for ultrafiltration with a MWCO of 40 kg mol-1 in dimethylformamide (DMF) at temperatures up to 100 ˚C. PET membranes were found to be resistant to a wide variety of solvents as well as in chlorine and acid medium. They could be used as porous support for thin-film composite membranes and for different applications requiring high chemical and heat resistance.
AB - Porous membranes of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were prepared by non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) and evaluated for the first time for the filtration in high temperature solvents and other harsh environments. The PET was recycled from commercial water bottles. The morphology, pore size and pore density were optimized by varying the composition of the polymer concentration in the casting solution, the solvent, and the non-solvent bath in conditions of controlled humidity and temperature. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) of 0.2 and 1 kg mol-1 was used as an additive and pore inducing agent. The filtration performance of the membranes was tested under different solvents and temperatures. The obtained PET membranes were successfully applied for ultrafiltration with a MWCO of 40 kg mol-1 in dimethylformamide (DMF) at temperatures up to 100 ˚C. PET membranes were found to be resistant to a wide variety of solvents as well as in chlorine and acid medium. They could be used as porous support for thin-film composite membranes and for different applications requiring high chemical and heat resistance.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/656229
UR - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsapm.9b00493
U2 - 10.1021/acsapm.9b00493
DO - 10.1021/acsapm.9b00493
M3 - Article
SN - 2637-6105
VL - 1
SP - 2379
EP - 2387
JO - ACS Applied Polymer Materials
JF - ACS Applied Polymer Materials
IS - 9
ER -