Development of Novel Fouling-Resistant Hollow Fibre Nanocomposite Membrane Augmented with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Rejection of Bisphenol A from Water: Fouling, Permeability, and Mechanism Studies

Recently, frequent discharge of water-ladened emerging organic pollutants such as Bisphenol A has elicited serious concern due to its pernicious effects on public health and the ecological environment. In this study, hematite nanoparticles (Fe2O3) were synthesized via sol–gel auto-combustion technique incorporated a nanofiller fabricate PVDF-PEG nanocomposite hollow fibre membrane with enhanced antifouling properties. series membranes comprising various loadings (1.0–2.0 wt%) Fe2O3 NPs fabricated through phase inversion thoroughly analyzed. The developed Fe2O3-membrane fibres characterized. performance was investigated permeation flux, BPA rejection, well characteristics. Based results obtained, resultant exhibited superior in comparison pristine fibre. Also, 1.5 wt%-Fe2O3 remarkable − 43.7 mV, 56.3º, 191.85 L/m2 h, 86.7%, 12% negatively charged zeta potential, least contact angle, water minimum weight loss, respectively. Besides, wt-Fe2O3 demonstrated after third filtration, accomplishing higher percent FRR (77.35%) along RFR 21.29%, Hence, based hollow-fibre loaded NPs, efficient achieved which can be suitably applied purification industrial wastewater.