Thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane modified by reduced graphene oxide/TiO2 with improved desalination performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 489, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-54

  Safarpour, Mahdie ^a   Khataee, Alireza ^a   Vatanpour, Vahid ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desalination; Graphene oxide; Nanostructured membrane; Reverse osmosis; TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CONTACT ANGLE ANALYSIS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MEMBRANES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES;

MICROFILTRATION;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHLORINE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; MONOMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHLORINATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; FILM; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84928556777     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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