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This study reveals the first attempt to apply PTFE hollow fiber membranes for removing ultrafine particles in PM2.5. The asymmetric polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes were prepared through a cold pressing method including paste extrusion, stretching and heating. The reduction ratio, stretching ratio and heating temperature have influences on the morphology, structure, porosity, shrinkage ratio, tensile strength and permeability of the PTFE hollow fiber membranes. The morphological properties of the PTFE hollow fiber membrane were studied using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The increase of stretching ratio can improve the pore size and porosity of the hollow membrane, but be negative for the mechanical properties. By changing the reduction ratio we can obtain different inner diameter PTFE hollow fiber membranes. Finally, the PTFE hollow fiber membranes were tested for their performances in the removal of ultrafine particles in PM2.5. The PTFE hollow fiber membranes had the microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils, designed to possess the synergistic advantages of porous filters and fibrous filters with a sieve-like outer surface and a fibrous-like porous substrate. Under dead-end filtration, the filtration efficiency is related to the wall thickness, pore size and porosity of the membranes. The air filtration achieved was higher than 99.99% for PM2.5 and 90% for PM0.3, indicating that all the prepared PTFE hollow fiber membranes exhibited satisfactory removal of ultrafine particles performances. Because of the hydrophobicity, PTFE hollow fiber membranes have self-cleaning ability and a large dust-holding capacity of >120 g m−2, slowing down membrane fouling. The fouled filter media after washing retained a high filtration efficiency without obvious deterioration. The hydrophobic PTFE hollow fiber membranes developed in this work exhibited potential applications in air filtration.

Preparation and properties of PTFE hollow fiber membranes for the removal of ultrafine particles in PM2.5 with repetitive usage capability

Preparation and properties of PTFE hollow fiber membranes for the removal of ultrafine particles in PM_2.5 with repetitive usage capability