Noor Elyzawerni Salim, NAM Nor, Juhana Jaafar, AF Ismail, MR Qtaishat, T Matsuura, MHD Othman, Mukhlis A Rahman, F Aziz, N Yusof
HydrophiLic surface modifying macromolecules (LSMM) modified polyethersulfone (PES) based photocatalytic membranes have been successfully prepared. This hybrid photocatalytic membrane applying oxygen-doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a photocatalyst was successfully fabricated via phase inversion technique in flat sheet form at ambient temperature. The potential of LSMM as membrane modifier was explored in detail under various loadings (1–5 wt%). The results show that the LSMM addition successfully increased the membrane hydrophilicity which may consequently prevent the membrane from comprehensive fouling. More appearance of g-C3N4 on the membrane surface was observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) analyses upon the LSMM addition. However, the trend tended to decline at the loading beyond 4 wt% of LSMM
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