Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr F Matebese

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: matebf@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

PhD Chemistry (University of Johannesburg, UJ, 2022)

Fields of academic interests

  • Nanotechnology
  • Membrane Technology
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Membrane Integration

Field of Specialisation

  • Polymeric Membranes
  • Nanotechnology
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Paper presentations

  1. Matebese F. and Moutloali R. M., Integrating Ultrafiltration Membranes with Flocculation and Activated Carbon Pretreatment Processes for Membrane Fouling Mitigation and Metal Ion Removal from Wastewater. ACS Omega, vol. 8, pp. 9074-9085, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03524
  2. Alli Y. A., Magida N. E., Matebese F., Romero N., Ogunlaja A. S., Philippot K. Biomimetic photocatalysts for the transformation of CO2: design, properties, and mechanistic insights. Materials Today Energy. Vol. 34, 101310, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2023.101310
  3. Matebese F. and Moutloali R. M., Greywater reclamation: A comparison of the treatment performance of UiO-66-NH2@GO nanocomposites membrane filtration with and without activated carbon pretreatment. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. Vol. 9, pp. 104906, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104906
  4. Matebese F. and Moutloali R. M., Relative effects on membrane performance of pSBMA over UiO-66-NH2 in UiO-66-NH2-pSBMA@GO composite embedded in PES UF membranes”, SSRN, 2022, https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3985404
  5. Mbese J. Z., Ajibade P. A., Matebese F., Agoro M. A., “Optical and Structural Properties of TOPO/HDA Capped CuS Nanocrystals via Thermal Decomposition of Bis(N-Diisopropyldithiocarbamate)Cu(II) Complex”, J. Nano Res., vol. 59, pp. 161-165, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR. 59.161
  6. Matebese F., Taziwa R., Mutukwa D., “Progress on the Synthesis and Application of CuSCN Inorganic Hole Transport Material in Perovskite Solar Cells”, Materials, vol. 11, pp. 2592, 2018, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11122592  

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Member, Polymer Processing Society (PPS)
  • Member, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Projects

  • Membrane fabrication and assessment
  • Treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater using polymeric membranes
  • Technology integration for wastewater treatment 

Other

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22funeka+matebese%22&oq=fu

ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-0066