CNT/PDMS composite membranes for H2 and CH4 gas separation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10494-10501

  Nour, Majid ^a   Berean, Kyle ^a   Balendhran, Sivacarendran ^a   Ou, Jian Zhen ^a   Plessis, Johan Du ^a   McSweeney, Chris ^b   Bhaskaran, Madhu ^a   Sriram, Sharath ^a   Kalantar zadeh, Kourosh ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Gas separation; Membrane; Polydimethylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GASES; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; PERMEATION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SEPARATION; SILICON; SILICONES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

CNT /PDMS; GAS MOLECULES; GAS SEPARATIONS; GAS SPECIES; LOW-COST SOLUTION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SI-C BOND; SYNTHESISED;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84883133866     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.05.162     Document Type: Article

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