Fabrication of porous and interconnected PBI/P84 ultrafiltration membranes using [EMIM]OAc as the green solvent

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-203

  Xing, Ding Yu ^a   Chan, Sui Yung ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonded interconnected network; Ionic liquid; Non Newtonian flow; P84; Polybenzimidazole; Ultrafiltration membranes

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYIMIDES; SOLVENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BENZOPHENONE TETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDES; BLEND MEMBRANES; BLEND SOLUTION; BLEND SYSTEM; CASTING TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GREEN SOLVENTS; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MISCIBLE BLEND; NEWTONIANS; NON-SOLVENTS; OPEN-CELL; P84; PHASE INVERSION; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; PORE DIAMETERS; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER FLUX;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84868474500     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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