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In this study, poly(vinilydene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) was used for preparation of hydropho-bic membranes using non-solvent induced phase inversion (NIPS) technique. PVDF-HFP copolymer with concentra-tions of 10 wt%and 12 wt%was prepared to investigate the effect of polymer concentration on pore structure, morphology, hydrophobicity and performance of prepared membranes. Besides, the use of two coagulation baths with the effects of parameters such as coagulant time, polymer type and concentration, and the amount of non-solvent were studied. The performance of prepared membranes was evaluated based on the permeability and selec-tivity of oxygen and nitrogen from a gas mixture of nitrogen/oxygen under operating conditions of feed flow rate (1–5 L·min?1), inlet pressure to membrane module (0.1–0.5 MPa) and temperatures between 25 and 45 ℃. The re-sults showed that the use of two coagulation baths with different compositions of distillated water and isopropanol, coagulant time, polymer type and concentration, and the amount of non-solvent additive have the most effect on pore structure, morphology, thickness, roughness and crystallinity of fabricated membranes. Porosity ranges for the three fabricated membranes were determined, where the maximum porosity was 73.889%and the minimum value was 56.837%. Also, the maximum and minimum average thicknesses of membrane were 320.85μm and 115μm. Besides, the values of 4.7504 × 10?7 mol· m?2· s?1· Pa?1, 0.525 and 902.126 nm were achieved for max-imum oxygen permeance, O2/N2 selectivity and roughness, respectively.