A sacrificial-layer approach to fabricate polysulfone support for forward osmosis thin-film composite membranes with reduced internal concentration polarisation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 481, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-114

  Xiao, Peipei ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^b   Yin, Yong ^a   Li, Xue Mei ^a   Zhang, Mengxi ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Song, Jianfeng ^a   He, Tao ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co casting; Forward osmosis; Internal concentration polarization; Structural parameter

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

IMIDE; POLYSULFONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84923385284     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.036     Document Type: Article

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