Enhanced omniphobicity of mullite hollow fiber membrane with organosilane-functionalized tio2 micro-flowers and nanorods layer deposition for desalination using direct contact membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Abd. Aziz, M. H., Dzarfan Othman, M. H., Alias, N. H., Nakayama, T., Shingaya, Y., Hashim, N. A., Kurniawan, T. A., Matsuura, T., Rahman, M. A., Jaafar, J.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier BV. 2020
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87974/; http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118137
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In this study, a novel omniphobic mullite hollow fiber membrane (HFM) was successfully fabricated to reduce the fouling and wetting propensity of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD). The surface of the mullite hollow fiber membrane was functionalized with flower-like (FL) and rod-like (RL) T...