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The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane

Recent development of utrafiltration (UF) technology for the mixed matrix polymeric membranes plays an important role to improve membrane properties. In this paper, the effects of inorganic additives prepared by green synthesis route towards polysulfone (PSf) membrane performance at different concen...

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Main Authors: Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri, Harun, Zawati, Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati, Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim, Sazali, Norazlianie, Hussin, Rosniza, Basri, Hatijah
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spelling my.utm.850422020-02-29T13:25:03Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85042/ The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri Harun, Zawati Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim Sazali, Norazlianie Hussin, Rosniza Basri, Hatijah TP Chemical technology Recent development of utrafiltration (UF) technology for the mixed matrix polymeric membranes plays an important role to improve membrane properties. In this paper, the effects of inorganic additives prepared by green synthesis route towards polysulfone (PSf) membrane performance at different concentrations of Fe-TiO2 (1.0wt%, 3.0wt% and 5.0wt%) have been investigated. The blended membranes were fabricated via phase inversion using PSf as based polymer, N-metyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent, distilled water as a non-solvent, polyethylene glycol (PEG) as pore performing agent and Fe doped TiO2 nanomaterial as inorganic additive. The characterization and morphology of the polysulfone mixed matrix membranes were analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact angle and porosity. The performances of the membrane were evaluated in terms of pure water flux (distilled water) and rejection (humic acid) by using membrane permeation testing unit. The results of microscopic images revealed that the membranes incorporated with Fe doped TiO2 have the asymmetric structure while the number and length of finger-like pores at top layer slightly increased from 3.0 wt% to 5.0 wt%, indicating the effect of hydrophilicity. Furthermore, the increasing of Fe-TiO2 percentages also increased the porosity of membrane, as well as rejection percentages and hydrophilicity of membrane. Penerbit UTM Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85042/1/WanNorhayatiWanSalleh2019_TheInfluenceofFedopedTiO2.pdf Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri and Harun, Zawati and Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati and Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim and Sazali, Norazlianie and Hussin, Rosniza and Basri, Hatijah (2019) The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 15 (5). pp. 725-730. ISSN 2289-5981 https://mjfas.utm.my/index.php/mjfas/article/download/1467/pdf
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Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri
Harun, Zawati
Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati
Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim
Sazali, Norazlianie
Hussin, Rosniza
Basri, Hatijah
The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
description Recent development of utrafiltration (UF) technology for the mixed matrix polymeric membranes plays an important role to improve membrane properties. In this paper, the effects of inorganic additives prepared by green synthesis route towards polysulfone (PSf) membrane performance at different concentrations of Fe-TiO2 (1.0wt%, 3.0wt% and 5.0wt%) have been investigated. The blended membranes were fabricated via phase inversion using PSf as based polymer, N-metyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent, distilled water as a non-solvent, polyethylene glycol (PEG) as pore performing agent and Fe doped TiO2 nanomaterial as inorganic additive. The characterization and morphology of the polysulfone mixed matrix membranes were analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact angle and porosity. The performances of the membrane were evaluated in terms of pure water flux (distilled water) and rejection (humic acid) by using membrane permeation testing unit. The results of microscopic images revealed that the membranes incorporated with Fe doped TiO2 have the asymmetric structure while the number and length of finger-like pores at top layer slightly increased from 3.0 wt% to 5.0 wt%, indicating the effect of hydrophilicity. Furthermore, the increasing of Fe-TiO2 percentages also increased the porosity of membrane, as well as rejection percentages and hydrophilicity of membrane.
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author Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri
Harun, Zawati
Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati
Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim
Sazali, Norazlianie
Hussin, Rosniza
Basri, Hatijah
author_facet Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri
Harun, Zawati
Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati
Abd. Kadir, Muhammad Nur Hakim
Sazali, Norazlianie
Hussin, Rosniza
Basri, Hatijah
author_sort Syamsul Bahri, Syamsutajri
title The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
title_short The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
title_full The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
title_fullStr The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
title_full_unstemmed The influence of Fe doped TiO2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
title_sort influence of fe doped tio2 as inorganic additive on the properties of polysulfone ultrafitration membrane
publisher Penerbit UTM Press
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85042/1/WanNorhayatiWanSalleh2019_TheInfluenceofFedopedTiO2.pdf
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