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Abdollah Omrani

Abdollah Omrani

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Chemistry
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Phone: 01135302383

Research

Title
Fabrication of PAN/PA6//rGO-TiO2 electrospun nanofibers membrane with self-cleaning performance under visible-light
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
electrospinning, electrospray, photocatalytic membrane, PAN/PA6, rGO-TiO2 nano-hybrid, self-cleaning
Year
2023
Journal JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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Researchers Fatemeh Ebrahimi Sarvineh Baghi ، Seyed Reza Nabavi ، Abdollah Omrani

Abstract

Regenerative photocatalytic membranes have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Reduced graphene oxide- titanium dioxide (rGO-TiO2) electrosprayed onto an electrospun PAN/PA6 for photocatalytic and antifouling experiments. The prepared nanohybrid and membrane a were characterized using FESEM, TEM, AFM, EDX, XRD and DRS techniques. Simultaneous electrospinning of PAN and PA6 increased the mechanical strength of nanofibers by 85%. The rGO-TiO2 caused increased hydrophilicity, wettability, and ultrahigh water flux up to 1885 Lm−2 h−1 in the fabricated membrane. The membrane has good rejection ratio for methylene blue and the photodegradation of MB can occur in the presence of visible light (λ = 440–830 nm) and can recover its permeability. The fabricated structure, has the lowest total and irreversible membrane fouling ratio, giving the membrane higher antifouling and self-cleaning properties.