IP Library Granted Patent US 11,173,455
Granted Patent B2
US 11,173,455 · App. 16/490,012 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Water treatment membrane and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Eunkyoung Byun (Daejeon, KR); Chong Kyu Shin (Daejeon, KR); Youngju Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyungjoon Jeon (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
B01D69/125B01D61/025B01D67/0006B01D69/10B01D69/12B01D69/122B01D71/56C02F1/44
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Patent No.
US 11,173,455
App. No.
16/490,012
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a water treatment membrane including: a porous support; and a polyamide active layer provided on the porous support, in which the polyamide active layer includes one or more units selected from among a unit of Chemical Formula 1: a unit of Chemical Formula 2; a unit of Chemical Formula 3; and a unit of Chemical Formula 4; and a manufacturing method thereof.

Claims (30)

1. A water treatment membrane, comprising:

a porous support; and

a polyamide active layer provided on the porous support,

wherein the polyamide active layer comprises a biguanidine compound including three or more nitrogen atoms, in which both ends of the biguanidine compound are bonded to the main chain of the polyamide active layer by forming a covalent bond with an amine-based compound or an acyl halide compound in the polyamide active layer resulting in one or more units selected from among a unit of the following Chemical Formula 1, a unit of the following Chemical Formula 2, a unit of the following Chemical Formula 3, and a unit of the following Chemical Formula 4:

wherein in Chemical Formulae 1 to 4:

U 1 and U 2 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent alicyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic group,

U 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent alicyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aromatic group;

A 1 to A 9 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently any one of the following Chemical Formulae 5 to 7;

A 10 is any one of the following Chemical Formula 5 or 8;

wherein in Chemical Formulae 5 to 8:

V 1 and V 2 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, and

V 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent benzene ring group; and

provided that one of A 1 to A 3 , one of A 4 and A 5 , one of A 6 and A 7 , and one of A 8 and A 9 is Chemical Formula 5.

2. The water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the water treatment membrane exhibits a peak of a benzene ring between 6.8 ppm and 7.8 ppm as a result of 1 H-NMR analysis before and after the water treatment membrane is dissociated in an acid or a base.

3. The water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein an amount of one or more units selected from among the unit of Chemical Formula 1, the unit of Chemical Formula 2, the unit of Chemical Formula 3, and the unit of Chemical Formula 4 in the polyamide active layer is 0.01 wt % to 10 wt %.

4. The water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the water treatment membrane exhibits peaks of a C═N bond and a N—C—N bond as a result of IR analysis before and after the water treatment membrane is dissociated in the acid or the base.

5. The water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the water treatment membrane exhibits an m/z value of 277, 193, 178, 102, 85 or 60 as a result of MS analysis after the water treatment membrane is dissociated in the acid or the base.

6. A method for manufacturing the water treatment membrane of claim 1 , the method comprising:

preparing a porous support; and

forming a polyamide active layer on the porous support,

wherein the forming of the polyamide active layer comprises an interfacial polymerization using an aqueous solution comprising an amine-based compound and an organic solution comprising an acyl halide compound,

at least one of the aqueous solution comprising the amine-based compound and the organic solution comprising the acyl halide compound comprises one or more biguanidine compounds of the following Chemical Formula 9 or Chemical Formula 10, and

each end of the biguanidine compound separately forms a covalent bond with the amine-based compound or the acyl halide compound in the polyamide active layer thereby being covalently bonded to the main chain of the polyamide active layer:

wherein in Chemical 10:

U 4 is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent alicyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic group; and

T 1 to T 4 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a nitrile group, a hydroxyl group, an acyl halide group, an isocyanate group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amine group.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the biguanidine compound is present in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % in the aqueous solution comprising the amine-based compound or the organic solution comprising the acyl halide compound.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the amine-based compound is one or more selected from the group consisting of m-phenylenediamine, p-phenylenediamine, 1,3,6-benzenetriamine, 4-chloro-1,3-phenylenediamine, 3-chloro-1,4-phenylenediamine, and a mixture thereof.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the acyl halide compound is one or more selected from the group consisting of trimesolyl chloride, isophthaloyl chloride, terephthaloyl chloride, and a mixture thereof.

10. A water treatment module comprising the water treatment membrane of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2025
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: NANOH2O CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073784/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2019
From: BYUN, EUNKYOUNG; SHIN, CHONG KYU; LEE, YOUNGJU; JEON, HYUNGJOON
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050217/0136 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0050529 · Apr 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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