Zhi-Ying WANG
. 2013, 44(16): 29-0.
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Abstract: Hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane were tailored by non-solvent induced phase inversion assisted with coarse substrate. N,N-dimethylacetamide(DMAc) and octanol were used as solvent and non-solvent addition, respectively. In this method, the polymer dope solution was cast on coarse substrate and the film was put on the balance placed in a chamber for a fixed time interval, where temperature and humidity were controlled. Then, it was immersed into water coagulation bath. The effects of relative humidity on the morphology, permeability and hydrophobic of PVDF membrane were investigated. As the humidity in the gas phase increased, the number of top surface pores and pore size increased and the crystalline particles of the bottom surface grew better. In addition, it was found that the thickness of skin layer near top surface decreased with increasing humidity. At higher humidity condition, the dense skin layer disappeared and exhibited symmetric spongy structure. There was little nitrogen flux in the case of lower humidity of under 50%, whereas the nitrogen flux increased obviously with increasing humidity in the case of humidity higher than 50%. With the increase of the humidity, the hydrophobic of the bottom surface had no obvious change, and the water contact angles of the membranes were all higher than 130°.