Multi-walled carbon nanotube/PVDF blended membranes with sponge- and finger-like pores for direct contact membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-245

  Silva, Tânia L S ^a   Morales Torres, Sergio ^a   Figueiredo, José L ^a   Silva, Adrián M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Membranes; Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LOADING; MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; YARN;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORIDE; MEMBRANE; PARAMETERIZATION; PORE SPACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84918841107     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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