Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-3281-1
Keywords
TiO2; Nanofiber; Composite; Membrane; Anti-fouling; Water purification; Nanoscale filtration
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- Australian Endeavour Fellowship Program
- University of South Australia
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In this work, we have demonstrated a facile wet chemical method to synthesise TiO2/PVDF composite membranes as alternative water purification method to traditional polymer-based membrane. For the first time, hydrothermally grown TiO2 nanofibers under alkali conditions were successfully inserted into PVDF membranes matrix. The structure, permeability and anti-fouling performance of as-prepared PVDF/TiO2 composite membranes were studied systematically. The TiO2/PVDF composite membranes prepared in this work promise great potential uses in water purification applications as microfiltration membranes due to its excellent physical/chemical resistance, anti-fouling and mechanical properties.
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