Synergistic effect of combining carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide in mixed matrix membranes for efficient CO2 separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 479, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Li, Xueqin ^a,b   Ma, Lu ^a   Zhang, Haiyang ^a   Wang, Shaofei ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b   Guo, Ruili ^c   Wu, Hong ^a,b   Cao, XingZhong ^d   Yang, Jing ^d   Wang, Baoyi ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

^c SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; CO2 separation; Graphene oxide; Matrimid ; Mixed matrix membrane

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION; YARN;

ENHANCED PERMEABILITY; GAS SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYL GROUP; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MATRIMID; POLYIMIDE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84922108888     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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