A sulfonated polyphenylenesulfone (sPPSU) as the supporting substrate in thin film composite (TFC) membranes with enhanced performance for forward osmosis (FO)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 220, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-23

  Widjojo, Natalia ^a,b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a   Weber, Martin ^c   Maletzko, Christian ^c   Warzelhan, Volker ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b A GMM/F   (Singapore)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directly sulfonated polymer; Forward osmosis; Hydrophilic substrate; Interfacial polymerization; Sponge like structure; Thin film composite (TFC) membranes

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHILIC SUBSTRATE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; SPONGELIKE STRUCTURE; SULFONATED POLYMERS; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES; WATER FILTRATION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84873646276     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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