Fabrication of novel functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube immobilized hollow fiber membranes for enhanced performance in forward osmosis process

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-254

  Goh, Kunli ^a,b   Setiawan, Laurentia ^a   Wei, Li ^b   Jiang, Wenchao ^b   Wang, Rong ^a,c   Chen, Yuan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical cross linking; Forward osmosis; Hollow fiber membranes; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Positively charged nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

CROSSLINKING; DEIONIZED WATER; FIBERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OSMOSIS; SCALABILITY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; IMMOBILIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VACUUM; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84880688496     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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