Abstract:In order to improve the anti-fouling property of PES membrane, the PES was first sulfonated, by using the interaction between the sulfonated groups and silver ions. Then, the nanosilvers were introduced onto the surface of sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) membranes by using vitamin C as reducing agent to fabricate the sulfonated polyethersulfone membranes with nanosilvers (SPES@Ag). Characterization of the SPES@Ag membrane was carried out by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), atomic force microscope(AFM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD), antibacterial performance was studied by viable cell attachment test as well. It is show that nanosilvers were successfully loaded onto the surface of SPES and the size of nanosilvers is about 120 nm. The SPES@Ag membrane showed excellent anti- fouling property. The antibacterial rate reached 96.7%,98.3%,87.7% for E.coli, P.aeruginosa and S.aureus respectively, The results of the flux and rejection tests are shown that fiux was 438.4 L/m2.h and the rejection of BSA reached 94.5%.