<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Cigarette butt waste as material for phase inverted membrane fabrication used for oil/water emulsion separation"^^ . "The increasing rate of oil and gas production has contributed to a release of oil/water emulsion or mixtures to the environment, becoming a pressing issue. At the same time, pollution of the toxic cigarette butt has also become a growing concern. This study explored utilization of cigarette butt waste as a source of cellulose acetate-based (CA) polymer to develop a phase inverted membrane for treatment of oil/water emulsion and compare it with commercial polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and polysulfone (PSF). Results show that the CA-based membrane from waste cigarette butt offers an eco-friendly material without compromising the separation efficiency, with a pore size range suitable for oil/water emulsion filtration with the rejection of >94.0. The CA membrane poses good structural property similar to the established PVDF and PSF membranes with equally asymmetric morphology. It also poses hydrophilicity properties with a contact angle of 74.5�, lower than both PVDF and PSF membranes. The pore size of CA demonstrates that the CA is within the microfiltration range with a mean flow pore size of 0.17 µm. The developed CA membrane shows a promising oil/water emulsion permeability of 180 L m�2 h�1 bar�1 after five filtration cycles. However, it still suffers a high degree of irreversible fouling (>90.0), suggesting potential future improvements in terms of membrane fouling management. Overall, this study demonstrates a sustainable approach to addressing oil/water emulsion pollution treated CA membrane from cigarette butt waste. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland."^^ . "2021" . . "13" . "12" . . "MDPI AG"^^ . . . "Polymers"^^ . . . "20734360" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K.A."^^ . "Kurnia"^^ . "K.A. Kurnia"^^ . . "C.L."^^ . "Leong"^^ . "C.L. Leong"^^ . . "A."^^ . "Doyan"^^ . "A. Doyan"^^ . . "T."^^ . "Narkkun"^^ . "T. Narkkun"^^ . . "S."^^ . "Susilawati"^^ . "S. Susilawati"^^ . . "S."^^ . "Prayogi"^^ . "S. Prayogi"^^ . . "K."^^ . "Faungnawakij"^^ . "K. Faungnawakij"^^ . . "M.R."^^ . "Bilad"^^ . "M.R. Bilad"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #14838 \n\nCigarette butt waste as material for phase inverted membrane fabrication used for oil/water emulsion separation\n\n" . "text/html" . .