Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to artificial leather and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to suede artificial leather for a vehicle seat with improved light fastness and tactile sensitivity, and a method of manufacturing the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing artificial leather comprise needle-punching a sea-island type ultrafine conjugated yarn having a sea component of easily soluble polyester and an island component of a polyester black dope-dyed yarn to form a nonwoven fabric; wet-impregnating a polyurethane resin in the nonwoven fabric; eluting the sea component of the nonwoven fabric; dyeing and reduction-cleaning the nonwoven fabric from which the sea component is eluted; and performing in-bath flame-retardant treatment on the cleaned nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: A suede type artificial leather having an antifouling property is provided. A polymeric elastomer is impregnated in a nonwoven fabric formed by three-dimensionally interlacing ultrafine fibers and raising is formed, wherein the polymeric elastomer is a fluorine-containing modified polyurethane, and the fluorine-containing modified polyurethane is obtained by a polymerization of a urethane prepolymer having isocyanate groups at terminals, obtained by reacting a diol and a diisocyanate, and a fluorinated carbon compound having hydroxy functional groups at both terminals. The fluorine-containing modified polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 to 800,000. The suede type artificial leather is prepared by using the fluorine-containing polyurethane elastomer.