ABSTRACT
We report polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based hybrid membranes composed of salt of lignin sulfonic acid (LSA) and tetraethyl orthosilicate. The concentration of LSA with respect to PVA varied from 10% to 40%. The hybrid membranes showed water uptake (WU) in the range of 122–210%, ion exchange capacities in the range of 0.32–0.75 mmol g−1, dialysis coefficient (UOH) from 0.0068 to 0.0119 m h−1, and selectivity (S) from 15 to 26. The hybrid membranes also showed thermal and mechanical stability.
Funding
Financial supports received from the National Science Foundation of China (No. 91534203), Key Technologies R & D Program of Anhui Province (No.1501041127), and One Hundred Person Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are gratefully acknowledged. Noor is very thankful to Chinese Government Scholarship Council (CGSC) for financial support.