Graphene oxide modified graphitic carbon nitride as a modifier for thin film composite forward osmosis membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-289

  Wang, Yaqin ^a,b   Ou, Ranwen ^a   Wang, Huanting ^c   Xu, Tongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive; Forward osmosis membrane; Polyethersulfone; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; POLYETHERSULFONES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

ADDITIVES;

CARBON; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISCOSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WETTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84909641959     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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