Preparation of polyethersulfone/carbon nanotube substrate for high-performance forward osmosis membrane

Desalination

Volumn 330, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-78

  Wang, Yaqin ^a,b   Ou, Ranwen ^a   Ge, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Huanting ^c   Xu, Tongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Polyethersulfone membrane; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; POLYAMIDE ACTIVE LAYERS; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

BLENDING; DESALINATION; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER FILTRATION;

SUBSTRATES;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84886779336     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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