Revista Ambiente & Água (Jun 2019)

Self-assembly modification of polyamide membrane by coating titanium dioxide nanoparticles for water treatment applications

  • Rosangela Bergamasco,
  • Priscila Ferri Coldebella,
  • Franciele Pereira Camacho,
  • Driano Rezende,
  • Natalia Ueda Yamaguchi,
  • Márcia Regina Fagundes Klen,
  • Carlos José Macedo Tavares,
  • Maria Teresa Sousa Pessoa Amorim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4136/ambi-agua.2297
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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This study modified the surface of a commercial polyamide membrane with the deposition of TiO2 nanoparticles by the self-assembly method under pressure with high permeability and photocatalytic activity. Changes in membrane characteristics and its performance for photocatalytic properties were evaluated. The results indicated that both membrane hydrophilicity and photocatalytic performance were significantly improved by the presence of TiO2 nanoparticles applied under a pressure of 1 bar. The deposition of the TiO2 particles under pressure was able to maintain the particles on the surface of the membranes and their photocatalytic capacity for three cycles of use. The prepared TiO2 photocatalytic membrane presented a great potential for wastewater treatment and for reuse wastewater systems due its ability to remove methylene blue (MB) dye solution by photocatalytic decomposition and physical separation.

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