Preparation and characterization of thin-film composite membrane with nanowire-modified support for forward osmosis process

Membranes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-149

  Low, Ze Xian ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Shamsaei, Ezzatollah ^a   Zhang, Xiwang ^a   Wang, Huanting ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis (FO); Germanate; Internal concentration polarization (ICP); Membrane; Polyamide; Polyethersulfone (PES); Thin film composite (TFC)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILM PREPARATION; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOWIRES; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYAMIDES; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; GERMANATE; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); POLYETHERSULFONES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84929339778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes5010136     Document Type: Article

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