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ArticleMembranes2022

Enhanced Removal of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds from Wastewater Using Reverse Osmosis Membrane with Titania Nanotube-Constructed Nanochannels.

Nor Akalili Ahmad, Pei Sean Goh, Nurfirzanah Azman, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Hasrinah Hasbullah, Norbaya Hashim, Nirmala Devi Kerisnan Krishnan, Nasehir Khan E M Yahaya, Alias Mohamed, Muhammad Azroie Mohamed Yusoff and 2 more

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Article in Membranes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nor Akalili AhmadAdvanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.
Pei Sean GohAdvanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9141-9688
Nurfirzanah AzmanAdvanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.
Ahmad Fauzi IsmailAdvanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.
Hasrinah HasbullahAdvanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1310-7897
Norbaya HashimNational Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5778-8156
Nirmala Devi Kerisnan KrishnanSewerage Service Department (JPP), Block B, Level 2 & 3, Atmosphere PjH No 2, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Precinct 2, Putrajaya 62100, Malaysia.
Nasehir Khan E M YahayaNational Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia.
Alias MohamedSewerage Service Department (JPP), Block B, Level 2 & 3, Atmosphere PjH No 2, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Precinct 2, Putrajaya 62100, Malaysia.
Muhammad Azroie Mohamed YusoffNational Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia.
Jamilah KarimNational Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-4855-4841
Nor Salmi AbdullahNational Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment · MYUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MYJabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia · MY

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia The research was funded by National Water Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) under Contract Research Grant 4C499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the performance of a newly developed titania nanotube incorporated RO membrane for endocrine-disrupting compound (EDC) removal at a low concentration. EDCs are known as an emerging contaminant, and if these pollutants are not properly removed, they can enter the water cycle and reach the water supply for residential use, causing harm to human health. Reverse osmosis (RO) has been known as a promising technology to remove EDCs. However, there is a lack of consensus on their performance, especially on the feed concentrations of EDC that vary from one source to another. In this study, polyamide thin-film composite (PA TFC) membrane was incorporated with one-dimensional titania nanotube (TNT) to mitigate trade-off between water permeability and solute rejection of EDC. The characterization indicated that the membrane surface hydrophilicity has been greatly increased with the presence of TNT. Using bisphenol A (BPA) and caffeine as model EDC, the removal efficiencies of the pristine TFC and thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes were evaluated. Compared to TFC membrane, the membrane modified with 0.01% of TNT exhibited improved permeability of 50% and 49% for BPA and caffeine, respectively. A satisfactory BPA rejection of 89.05% and a caffeine rejection of 97.89% were achieved by the TNT incorporated TFN membranes. Furthermore, the greater hydrophilicity and smoother surface of 0.01 TFN membrane led to lower membrane fouling tendency under long-term filtration.

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bisphenol Acaffeineendocrine-disrupting compoundthin-film composite membranetitania nanotube

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PMID36295717
PMCPMC9609337
OpenAlexW4303857066

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