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A Contrastive Study of Self-Assembly and Physical Blending Mechanism of TiO2 Blended Polyethersulfone Membranes for Enhanced Humic Acid Removal and Alleviation of Membrane Fouling
| Title: | A Contrastive Study of Self-Assembly and Physical Blending Mechanism of TiO2 Blended Polyethersulfone Membranes for Enhanced Humic Acid Removal and Alleviation of Membrane Fouling |
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| Authors: | Abdul Latif Ahmad, Nuur Fahanis Che Lah, Nur Amelia Norzli, Wen Yu Pang |
| Source: | Membranes, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 162 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Chemical technology LCC:Chemical engineering |
| Subject Terms: | polyethersulfone, antifouling, mixed matrix membrane, titanium dioxide, additives, Chemical technology, TP1-1185, Chemical engineering, TP155-156 |
| More Details: | In this study, membrane fabrication was achieved by two different methods: (i) self-assembly and (ii) physical blending of TiO2 in PES membrane for humic acid filtration. The TiO2 nanoparticles were self-assembled by using TBT as the precursor and pluronic F127 as triblock copolymers around the membrane pores. This was achieved by manipulating the hydrolysis and condensation reaction of TBT precursors during the non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) process. On the other hand, the TiO2 was physically blended as a comparison to the previous method. The characteristic of the membrane was analysed to explore the possibility of enhancing the membrane antifouling mechanism and the membrane flux. The membrane morphology, pore size, porosity, and contact angle were characterised. Both methods proved to be able to enhance the antifouling properties and flux performance. The HA rejection increased up to 95% with membrane flux 55.40 kg m−2 h−1. The rejection rate was not significantly improved for either method. However, the antifouling characteristic for the self-assembly TiO2/PES membrane was better than the physically blended membrane. This was found to be due to the high surface hydrophilicity of the MM membrane, which repelled the hydrophobic HA and consequently blocked the HA adsorption onto the surface. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2077-0375 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/12/2/162; https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0375 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/membranes12020162 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/b9286828460f4f7e97a3ea1a00ca2921 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.b9286828460f4f7e97a3ea1a00ca2921 |
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| ISSN: | 20770375 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/membranes12020162 |
| Published in: | Membranes |
| Language: | English |