Functional graphene nanosheets: The next generation membranes for water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 208-225

  Mahmoud, Khaled A ^a   Mansoor, Bilal ^b   Mansour, Ali ^b   Khraisheh, Marwan ^a  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Desalination; Fabrication; Filtration; Graphene; Graphene oxide; Mechanical properties; Membranes; Thin films; Water flux

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; FILTRATION; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; PURIFICATION; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; WATER FLUX; WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

MICROFILTRATION;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTIFOULING; DESALINATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; PURIFICATION;

EID: 84916639900     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.022     Document Type: Review

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