Enhanced gas permeability by fabricating functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and polyethersulfone nanocomposite membrane

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-82

  Ge, Lei ^a   Zhu, Zhonghua ^a   Rudolph, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Diffusion; Gas separation; Nanocomposite membrane; Permselectivity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUPS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DIFFUSIVITIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS PERMEATION; GAS SELECTIVITY; GAS SEPARATION; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NON-POLAR; PERMSELECTIVITIES; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYETHERSULFONES; TIME LAG; TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES;

DIFFUSION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 79952454747     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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