Photocatalytic antifouling graphene oxide-mediated hierarchical filtration membranes with potential applications on water purification

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16117-16123

  Xu, Chao ^a   Xu, Yuelian ^a   Zhu, Jiaoli ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Filtration membrane; Graphene oxide; Photocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PURIFICATION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIFOULING; COMPOSITE SHEETS; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; TIO2; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84912017635     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5040945     Document Type: Article

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