Mesoporous organosilica membranes: Effects of pore geometry and calcination conditions on the membrane distillation performance for desalination

Desalination

Volumn 370, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Chua, Yen ^a   Lin, Chun Xiang Cynthia ^a   Kleitz, Freddy ^b   Smart, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Periodic organosilica membrane; Pore geometry

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; GEOMETRY; PORE SIZE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WETTING;

CALCINATION CONDITIONS; CARBONACEOUS SPECIES; EVAPORATION INDUCED SELF ASSEMBLIES; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MESOPOROUS ORGANOSILICAS; PERIODIC ORGANOSILICA; PORE GEOMETRY;

MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; POROSITY; SURFACTANT;

EID: 84929630535     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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