The invention belongs to the technical field of membrane modification, and particularly relates to a
reverse osmosis membrane and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out
hydration reaction on dispersion liquid containing carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes and a
phospholipid layer to form
phospholipid vesicle dispersion liquid in which the carbon nanotubes are vertically embedded; then taking an
ultrafiltration membrane as a base membrane, breaking the
phospholipid vesicles through suction
filtration, forming a phospholipid
bilayer structure on the surface of the base membrane, and vertically arranging the carbon nanotubes between the phospholipid bilayers to construct a phospholipid-
carbon nanotube composite intermediate layer; and finally, forming a cross-linked
polyamide layer on the surface of the composite intermediate layer through an
interfacial polymerization reaction, and vertically fixing the carbon nanotubes in the
membrane structure to complete the preparation of the
reverse osmosis membrane. According to the method, the carbon
nano tube is really used as a
water channel, and the water molecule
permeation rate of the
reverse osmosis membrane is remarkably improved.