Characterising nanostructure functionality of a cellulose triacetate forward osmosis membrane using electrical impedance spectroscopy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 467, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-302

  Yeo, Siao Yien ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Chilcott, Terry ^a,b   Antony, Alice ^a   Coster, Hans ^b   Leslie, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration polarisation; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Forward osmosis; In situ monitoring; Maxwell Wagner model

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; IN-SITU MONITORING; MAXWELL-WAGNER THEORY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; NANOMATERIAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS;

EID: 84902602436     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.035     Document Type: Article

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