Electro-casting aligned MWCNTs/polystyrene composite membranes for enhanced gas separation performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 462, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-68

  Wu, Bin ^a   Li, Xuewa ^a   An, De ^a   Zhao, Shixiong ^a   Wang, Yuxin ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Align; Composite membrane; Electro cast; MWCNTs; Permselectivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FILLERS;

ALIGN; ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRO-CAST; GAS SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MWCNTS; OXYGEN AND NITROGENS; PERMSELECTIVITIES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 84897431600     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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