Visible-Light Active Photocatalytic Dual Layer Hollow Fiber (DLHF)Membrane and Its Potential in Mitigating the Detrimental Effects of Bisphenol A in Water

The presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in various water sources has potentially led to numerous adverse effects in human such as increased in blood pressure and derangement in liver function. Thus, a reliable treatment for the removing BPA is highly required.

This present work aimed to study the efficiency of visible light driven photocatalytic dual-layer hollow fiber (DLHF) membrane for the removal of BPA from water and further investigated its detrimental effects by using an in-vivo model. The prepared membranes were characterized for their morphology, particles distribution, surface roughness, crystallinity and light absorption spectra.

The removal of 81.6% and 86.7% in BPA concentration was achieved for N-doped TiO2 DLHF after 360 min of visible and UV light irradiation, respectively. Animal were grouped into vehicle control (received RO water with spiked tween-80), untreated-BPA (BPA-RO water) and treated BPA (treated BPA-RO water). No significant changes for all three groups were observed in liver function test meanwhile the rats-exposed to untreated BPA water shows significance blood pressure increment contrary to rats-exposed to treated BPA water. Similarly, the normal morphology in both jejunum and ileum were altered in rats-exposed to untreated BPA water group. Altogether, the presence of N-doped TiO2 in DLHF are shown to significantly enhance the photocatalytic degradation activity under visible irradiation, which effectively mitigates the effect of BPA in an in-vivo model.

Roziana Kamaludin, Zatilfarihiah Rasdi, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir, Noor Shafina Mohd Nor Jesmine Khan, Wan Nor I’zzah Wan Mohamad Zain, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail 1, Mukhlis A Rahman 1 and Juhana Jaafar. Membranes 2020, 10, 32.

 

https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10020032