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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology

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Main Authors: A. H., Nurfaizey, M. W., Azmil Arif, M. Z., Akop, M. R., Mansor, J., Jaafar, M. H. D., Othman
Other Authors: nurfaizey@utem.edu.my
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2022
Subjects:
Electrospinning
Polyacrylonitrile
Superhydrophobic
Silica nanoparticles
Membrane distillation
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/75803
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spelling my.unimap-758032022-08-07T03:32:50Z Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology A. H., Nurfaizey M. W., Azmil Arif A. H., Nurfaizey M. Z., Akop M. R., Mansor J., Jaafar M. H. D., Othman nurfaizey@utem.edu.my Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) Centre for Advanced Research on Energy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTeM) Electrospinning Polyacrylonitrile Superhydrophobic Silica nanoparticles Membrane distillation Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijneam.unimap.edu.my Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising water desalination technology that is capable of treating high salinity water. However, the problematic fouling issues and membrane wetting are the primary impediments to the large-scale application of this technology. To overcome the mentioned problems, the distilling membrane should be made from anti-wetting materials and possess a highly porous structure. In this study, a superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane was fabricated through surface coating of electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes using silica nanoparticles and fluorinated alkyl silane surface treatment. The coated PAN nanofibre membranes were characterised using scanning electron microscope (SEM), water contact angle (WCA) method, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was observed that the amount and size of silica nanoparticle were related to hydrolysis time, which was crucial in determining the membrane pore size and formation of superhydrophobic surface. The presence of silica nanoparticles and fluorine content significantly improved the hydrophobicity and thermal properties of the nanofibres. The results from this study provide valuable insights into the understanding of the behaviour of silica nanoparticles and the method to fabricate superhydrophobic electrospun nanofibre membranes for MD application. 2022 2022-08-07T03:32:50Z 2022-08-07T03:32:50Z 2022-03 Article International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials, vol.15 (Special Issue), 2022, pages 219-231 1985-5761 (Printed) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/75803 http://ijneam.unimap.edu.my 1997-4434 (Online) en Special Issue ISSTE 2022; Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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topic Electrospinning
Polyacrylonitrile
Superhydrophobic
Silica nanoparticles
Membrane distillation
spellingShingle Electrospinning
Polyacrylonitrile
Superhydrophobic
Silica nanoparticles
Membrane distillation
A. H., Nurfaizey
M. W., Azmil Arif
A. H., Nurfaizey
M. Z., Akop
M. R., Mansor
J., Jaafar
M. H. D., Othman
Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijneam.unimap.edu.my
author2 nurfaizey@utem.edu.my
author_facet nurfaizey@utem.edu.my
A. H., Nurfaizey
M. W., Azmil Arif
A. H., Nurfaizey
M. Z., Akop
M. R., Mansor
J., Jaafar
M. H. D., Othman
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author A. H., Nurfaizey
M. W., Azmil Arif
A. H., Nurfaizey
M. Z., Akop
M. R., Mansor
J., Jaafar
M. H. D., Othman
author_sort A. H., Nurfaizey
title Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
title_short Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
title_full Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
title_fullStr Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
title_sort fabrication of superhydrophobic polyacrylonitrile (pan) nanofibres membranes for membrane distillation technology
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2022
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/75803
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