Nanocomposite substrates for controlling internal concentration polarization in forward osmosis membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 441, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-62

  Ma, Ning ^a,b,c   Wei, Jing ^a,b   Qi, Saren ^a,b   Zhao, Yang ^a,b   Gao, Yiben ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Beijing Institute of Water   (China)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis (FO); Internal concentration polarization (ICP); Nanocomposite membrane; Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Reverse osmosis (RO); Thin film composite (TFC)

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLARIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

SUBSTRATES;

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYSULFONE; POLYSULFONE NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; FILM; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN FILM COMPOSITE;

EID: 84877335369     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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