A study on high-performance composite membranes comprising heterogeneous polyamide layers on an electrospun substrate for ethanol dehydration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 470, Issue , 2014, Pages 513-523

  Hung, Wei Song ^a   Lai, Cheng Lee ^b   An, Quanfu ^c   De Guzman, Manuel ^a   Shen, Tai Jung ^a   Huang, Yun Hsuan ^a   Chang, Kuei Chien ^d   Tsou, Chi Hui ^a   Hu, Chien Chieh ^a   Lee, Kueir Rarn ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic interfacial polymerization; Electrospinning; Free volume; Heterogeneous polyamide; Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROSPINNING; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FREE VOLUME; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; PERMEATE CONCENTRATIONS; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; SEPARATION FACTORS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYAMIDE; WATER;

DOPPLER BROADENING ENERGY SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDRATION; PERVAPORATION; POLYMERIZATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84906254630     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.066     Document Type: Review

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