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. 2022 Aug 20;14(16):3408. doi: 10.3390/polym14163408

Table 2.

Comparison of the results observed by this work with the recent works found in the literature.

Porous Membrane Contact Angle (°) Porosity (%) Mean Pore Size (nm) Pure Water Flux
(L.m−2.h−1)
Rejection (%) Process Ref.
Polymer Pore Former
20% PES 5% PTGM 52.58 81.21 54.91 203.1 93.8% BSA
95.6% SA
UF This Work
22% PVDF-HFP 5% CNS 87 89.9 NA 35 >99.9% MO UF (MD) [17]
20% PES 4% TGF 50.4 73.3 40.59 300 96% BSA UF [26]
15% PES 2.5 g PMG 42.04 83 108.28 908 98% BSA UF [38]
15% PVC 0.119% MWCNT-g-GO 13.9 81.4 259 254 88.9% COD NF [16]
19% PES 2% SLS-CNT; 15% PVP 57 74 64.29 597 95.6% BSA UF [39]
17% PES 5% PEG 400; 2% Tween-20 NA 35.31 73.2 36.9 93.3% BSA UF [40]
PVDF-HFP 4% LiCl; 10 wt.% glycerol 79 NA 7.85 51 90% Aqueous solution UF [41]
PVDF MOF-199/PEG 85 80.89 50 185.05 94% BSA UF [42]
20% PES 0.5% CC–Fe3O4; 1% PVP 52.5 86.3 5.5 36 99% Dye NF [43]
0% PES; 14% PAN 4% PVP; 0% DEG 76 55 NA 100 92.47% Humic acid UF [44]
15% PSF 0.7% SiO2 71.3 78 10.7 55 99.1% NaCl solutions RO [45]