Asymmetric TiO2 hybrid photocatalytic ceramic membrane with porosity gradient: Effect of structure directing agent on the resulting membranes architecture and performances

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 6747-6757

  Goei, Ronn ^a,b   Lim, Teik Thye ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asymmetric membrane; Ceramic membrane; Photocatalytic membrane reactor (PMR); Structure directing agent (SDA); Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894536211     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.137     Document Type: Article

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