A review of reverse osmosis membrane materials for desalination-Development to date and future potential

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Lee, Kah Peng ^a   Arnot, Tom C ^a   Mattia, Davide ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desalination; Membrane material; Membrane performance; Nano materials; Reverse osmosis (RO)

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; KEY DETERMINANTS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NOVEL MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; PERMSELECTIVITIES; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RO DESALINATION; RO MEMBRANE; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SYNTHESIS MECHANISM; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 79951551781     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.036     Document Type: Review

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