Graphene oxide-embedded thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane with high flux, anti-biofouling, and chlorine resistance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 483, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-135

  Chae, Hee Ro ^a   Lee, Jaewoo ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^a   Kim, In Chul ^b   Park, Pyung Kyu ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti biofouling; Chlorine resistance; Graphene oxide; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CHLORINE; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

ANTI-BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL EXFOLIATIONS; CHLORINE RESISTANCES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; M PHENYLENEDIAMINE; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

GRAPHENE;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; CHLORINE; GRAPHENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84925012779     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.045     Document Type: Article

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