Efficacy of carbon nanotube positioning in the polyethersulfone support layer on the performance of thin-film composite membrane for desalination

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 266, Issue , 2015, Pages 376-384

  Son, Moon ^a   Choi, Hyeon gyu ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Celik, Evrim ^b   Park, Hosik ^c   Choi, Heechul ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Desalination; Membrane; Polyethersulfone; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS; YARN;

BRACKISH WATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES (F-CNT); INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; POLYETHERSULFONES; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84921287863     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.108     Document Type: Article

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