Double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025382728-A1
Application number	US-202519315836-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 1, 2025
Priority date	Sep 2, 2024
Publication date	Dec 18, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the research field of functionalized membrane materials and their preparation methods, in particular to a double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane and a preparation method thereof. The present disclosure provides a preparation method for a double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane, including preparation of the casting solutions, transverse extrusion casting solution, longitudinal stretching, the first coagulation bath, the second coagulation bath, and the third coagulation bath. The double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane prepared by the present disclosure has a double-functionalized layer structure with a dense cortical antibacterial layer and a macroporous structure adsorption layer. The double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane not only has the function of separation and purification, but also has the function of bacteriostasis and adsorption. The double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane has high strength, the wire is not easy to break, and it has a wide application field.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A preparation method for a double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane, comprising the following steps:
step 1: preparation of a first casting solution and a second casting solution, wherein a formula of the first casting solution in mass percentage is: 10%-16% polyacrylonitrile powder, 0.5%-5% water-insoluble antibacterial ingredient, 0.5%-10% thickener, 6%-15% porogen, 54%-83% solvent, and the sum of each component is 100%; wherein a preparation order of the first casting solution is as follows: first, adding a certain amount of solvent to a three necked flask, adding porogen and thickener in turn according to a proportion of the formula of the first casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein a heating temperature is 40° C.-80° C., and a stirring time is 0.5 h, adding polyacrylonitrile powder and water-insoluble antibacterial component according to the formula of the first casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein the heating temperature is 60° C.-80° C., and the stirring time is 0.5 h, adding a remaining solvent according to the formula of first casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein the heating temperature is 60° C.-80° C., and the stirring time is 8 h, adjusting a temperature of the first casting solution to 50° C., defoaming by stirring at a speed of 10 r/min for 1 h-6 h under a negative pressure of 0.05 MPa, thus obtaining the first casting solution; wherein the formula of the second casting solution in mass percentage is: 8%-12% polyacrylonitrile powder, 1%-8% polyethyleneimine, 10%-15% pore-forming agent, 65%-81% solvent, and the sum of each component is 100%; wherein a preparation order of second casting solution is as follows: first, adding a certain amount of solvent to a three-necked flask, adding the pore-forming agent according to the formula of the second casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein the heating temperature is 50° C.-80° C., adding the polyacrylonitrile powder according to the formula of second casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein the heating temperature is 50° C.-80° C., and the stirring time is 0.5 h, adding polyethyleneimine according to the formula of the second casting solution, adding the remaining solvent according to the formula of the second casting solution, heating and stirring, wherein the heating temperature is 60° C.-80° C., and the stirring time is 8 h, adjusting the temperature of the second casting solution to 50° C., under the negative pressure of 0.05 MPa, and allowing to stand for 1 h-6 h, thus obtaining the second casting solution; step 2: putting an inner lining into a spinneret through a wire feeding device, wherein the inner lining replaces a core liquid, and putting the first casting solution and the second casting solution into a feeding pump at 0.3 MPa, wherein the feeding pump injects different amounts of the first casting solution and the second casting solution into the spinneret transversely at the same time by adjusting the speed, coating the second casting solution on the inner lining, and coating the first casting solution on an outer side of the second casting solution, and stretching the inner lining longitudinally; directly entering a first coagulation bath; step 3: controlling a temperature of the mixture in the first coagulation bath at 41° C.-50° C., wherein the first coagulation bath is composed of a mixture of 95%-99.5% pure water and 0.5%-5% water-soluble antibacterial component, wherein the residence time of the functionalized hollow fiber membrane in the first coagulation bath is 10 s-30 s, and, putting the functionalized hollow fiber membrane into a second coagulation bath after coming out of the first coagulation bath; step 4: controlling the pure water temperature in the second coagulation bath at 41° C.-50° C., wherein the second coagulation bath consists of a mixture of 50%-90% pure water and 10%-50% chelating agent, putting the functionalized hollow fiber membrane in the third coagulation bath after coming out of the second coagulation bath; step 5: controlling the temperature of the third coagulation bath at 50° C.-80° C., wherein the third coagulation bath is composed of pure water, thus obtaining a functionalized hollow fiber membrane; wherein the water-insoluble antibacterial component is one or two of cuprous oxide and copper oxide, the water-soluble antibacterial component is one or two of copper chloride and copper sulfate, the thickener is one or more of PVPK90, PVPK60, PVPK30, POLYOX WSR N-750, POLYOX WSR N-80, POLYOX WSR N-10, POLYOX WSR N-308, methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose; and the chelating agent is one or both of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid tetrasodium.

2 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein in step 1, the water-insoluble antibacterial component of the first casting solution 1 is cuprous oxide, with a ratio of 1%; in step 3
wherein the first coagulation bath consists of a mixture of 99% pure water and 1% water-soluble antibacterial component copper chloride,
wherein the first coagulation bath is controlled at 45° C., and
wherein a residence time of the functionalized hollow fiber membrane in the first coagulation bath is 10 s.

3 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 2 , wherein in step 4, the second coagulation bath consists of a mixture of 50% pure water and 50% chelating agent disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.

4 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 3 , wherein in step 4, the temperature of pure water in the second coagulation bath is controlled at 50° C.; and
wherein, in step 5, the temperature of the third coagulation bath is controlled at 80° C.

5 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein in step 1, the water-insoluble antibacterial component of the first casting solution is copper oxide, with a ratio of 0.5%, and the thickener is POLYOX WSR-N-750, with a ratio of 2%, the second casting solution is polyethyleneimine, with a ratio of 4%.

6 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 5 , wherein in step 3, the first coagulation bath consists of a mixture of 99.5% pure water and 0.5% water-soluble antibacterial component copper sulfate.

7 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 6 , wherein in step 4, the second coagulation bath is a mixture of 60% pure water and 40% chelating agent ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid tetrasodium salt.

8 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 7 , wherein in step 3, the temperature of the mixture in the first coagulation bath is controlled at 50° C., and the residence time of the functionalized hollow fiber membrane in the first coagulation bath is 30 s.

9 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 8 , wherein in step 4, the temperature of pure water in the second coagulation bath is controlled at 50° C.; in step 5, the third coagulation bath temperature is controlled at 50° C.

10 . The preparation method for the double-layer functionalized hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein in step 1, the water-insoluble antibacterial component of the first casting solution is cuprous oxide, with a ratio of 5%, and the thicken

Assignees

• Univ Harbin Eng

Inventors

• Wang Jun
• Zhang Bingtao
• Zhang Hongsen
• Liu Qi
• Yu Jing
• Zhu Jiahui
• Chen Rongrong
• Liu Jingyuan
• Li Rumin

Classifications

• B01D69/088

  Co-extrusion; Co-spinning · CPC title

• B01D69/0871

  Fibre guidance after spinning through the manufacturing apparatus · CPC title

• B01D69/087

  Details relating to the spinning process · CPC title

• B01D69/148

  Organic/inorganic mixed matrix membranes · CPC title

• B01D2325/48

  Antimicrobial properties · CPC title