A nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube enhanced polyethersulfone membrane system for water treatment

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-156

  Phao, Neo ^a,c   Nxumalo, Edward N ^b,c   Mamba, Bhekie B ^b,c   Mhlanga, Sabelo D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes; Permeability; Polyethersulfone; Tensile strength; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; DEGREE OF FUNCTIONALIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; POLYETHERSULFONES; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS; ZETA POTENTIAL ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; POLYMER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84886773744     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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