Highly conductive graphene/PANi-phytic acid modified cathodic filter membrane and its antifouling property in EMBR in neutral conditions

Desalination

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Li, Na ^a   Liu, Lifen ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathodic membrane; Conductive polymer composites; Graphene; Membrane fouling suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894093691     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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