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- Al-Hinai, Muna H., et al.
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Antimicrobial Activity Enhancement of Poly(ether sulfone) Membranes by in Situ Growth of ZnO Nanorods
- 2017
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Ingår i: ACS Omega. - : AMER CHEMICAL SOC. - 2470-1343. ; 2:7, s. 3157-3167
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Composite poly(ether sulfone) membranes integrated with ZnO nanostructures either directly blended or grown in situ have enhanced antibacterial activity with improved functionality in reducing the biofouling in water treatment applications. The pore structure and surface properties of the composite were studied to investigate the effect of the addition of ZnO nanostructures. The hydrophilicity of the blended membranes increased with a higher content of ZnO nanoparticles in the membrane (2-6%), which could be further controlled by varying the growth conditions of ZnO nanorods on the polymer surface. Improved water flux, bovine serum albumin rejection, and inhibition of Escherichia coli bacterial growth under visible light irradiation was observed for the membranes decorated with ZnO nanorods compared to those in the membranes simply blended with ZnO nanoparticles. No regrowth of E. coli was recorded even 2 days after the incubation.
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- Bora, Tanujjal, et al.
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Defect engineered visible light active ZnO nanorods for photocatalytic treatment of water
- 2017
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Ingår i: Catalysis Today. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. - 0920-5861 .- 1873-4308. ; 284, s. 11-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes and microbes in water using solar light is a green technology that requires the design of visible light active photocatalysts. Here we report the fabrication of visible light active zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs), wherein the visible light absorption is enhanced by modulating the surface defects on the NRs. Oxygen vacancies in the NRs as characterized by photoluminescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are controlled by annealing at different temperatures in the ambient. The role of surface defects on the visible light photocatalytic degradation of an organic dye, industrial waste, bacterial culture and inland brackish water is studied. Results presented here provide a simple strategy to make the wide bandgap ZnO NRs visible light active, enabling their use for the photocatalytic decontamination of water.
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- Laxman, Karthik, et al.
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Desalination and disinfection of inland brackish ground water in a capacitive deionization cell using nanoporous activated carbon cloth electrodes
- 2015
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Ingår i: Desalination. - : Elsevier. - 0011-9164 .- 1873-4464. ; 362, s. 126-132
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Desalination of brackish water using capacitive deionization (CDI) poses unique challenges attributed to the microbial, organic and other contaminants in water. By using chemically inert and high surface area activated carbon cloth electrodes, the desalination of water from wells in Oman's Al Musanaah wilayat is demonstrated. The ion adsorption characteristics for well water are compared to that of synthetic water (sodium chloride) and their dependence on the charge, size and concentration is investigated. Disinfection properties of the CDI unit were also demonstrated with a 3-fold decrease in viable bacterial cells upon desalination of well water. The power consumption for well water desalination was lower than that of synthetic water with similar salt concentrations and was calculated to be 0.78kWh/m3. The stated desalting capabilities and small footprint make CDI a viable option for remote ground water desalination.
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- Laxman, Karthik, et al.
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Disinfection of Bacteria in Water by Capacitive Deionization
- 2020
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Chemistry. - : FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. - 2296-2646. ; 8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Clean water is one of the primary UN sustainable development goals for 2,030 and sustainable water deionization and disinfection is the backbone of that goal. Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an upcoming technique for water deionization and has shown substantial promise for large scale commercialization. In this study, activated carbon cloth (ACC) electrode based CDI devices are used to study the removal of ionic contaminants in water and the effect of ion concentrations on the electrosorption and disinfection functions of the CDI device for mixed microbial communities in groundwater and a model bacterial strainEscherichia coli. Up to 75 % of microbial cells could be removed in a single pass through the CDI unit for both synthetic and groundwater, while maintaining the salt removal activity. Mortality of the microbial cells were also observed during the CDI cell regeneration and correlated with the chloride ion concentrations. The power consumption and salt removal capacity in the presence and absence of salt were mapped and shown to be as low as 0.1 kWh m(-3)and 9.5 mg g(-1), respectively. The results indicate that CDI could be a viable option for single step deionization and microbial disinfection of brackish water.
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- Sathe, Priyanka, et al.
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Removal and regrowth inhibition of microalgae using visible light photocatalysis with ZnO nanorods : a green technology
- 2016
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Ingår i: Separation and Purification Technology. - : Elsevier. - 1383-5866 .- 1873-3794. ; 162, s. 61-67
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Algal biofouling can be a major problem during membrane filtration processes reducing membrane efficiency. Removal of microalgae by visible light photocatalysis using zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods was studied in this work. ZnO nanorods were grown on polypropylene support substrates. The treatment unit was constructed by incorporating ZnO nanocoated substrates in a glass tube. Anti-algal activity of the treatment units were tested using green microalga, Dunaliella salina, of 107 cells/mL concentration, which is higher than the concentration of cells during algal blooms. Nearly total algal cell inactivation was achieved within 2 h of continuous visible light illumination in the presence of nanocoated support substrates, as determined by flow cytometry analysis (98%) and trypan blue staining (95%). Uncoated support substrate under light illumination did not lead to algal cell mortality (1.7%). Complete inhibition of any regrowth of algal cells treated with nanocoated substrates was confirmed as no significant changes in the total number of cells were observed even after 2 weeks of incubation of the treated culture. The anti-algal activity of ZnO nanorods was attributed to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through photocatalytic processes. ZnO nanorod coated substrates used in the treatment units could be a suitable green method to control membrane fouling in water treatment plants avoiding the utilisation of harmful chemicals.
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