High-flux reverse osmosis membranes incorporated with NaY zeolite nanoparticles for brackish water desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 373-383

  Dong, Hang ^a,b   Zhao, Lin ^b   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Huanlin ^a   Gao, Congjie ^a   Winston Ho, W S ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish water desalination; NaY zeolite nanoparticle; Reverse osmosis; Thin film nanocomposite (TFN)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM SULFATE; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER DESALINATIONS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NAY ZEOLITE; POLYSULFONE SUPPORTS; SODIUM LAURYL SULFATES; SOLUTION COMPOSITION; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; ZEOLITE NANOPARTICLE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSULFONE; WATER; ZEOLITE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DISPERSION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION TIME; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84918829886     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.11.054     Document Type: Article

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