Carbon nanotube membranes for water purification: A bright future in water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-109

  Das, Rasel ^a   Ali, Md Eaqub ^a   Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^b   Chowdhury, Zaira Zaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Desalination; Membranes; Nonpolar interior

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; NON-POLAR; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MEMBRANES; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BRACKISH WATER; CARBON; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PURIFICATION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84892863301     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.12.026     Document Type: Review

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