Carbon nanotube hollow fiber membranes: High-throughput fabrication, structural control and electrochemically improved selectivity

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-105

  Wei, Gaoliang ^a   Chen, Shuo ^a   Fan, Xinfei ^a   Quan, Xie ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electrochemistry; Hollow fiber; Improved selectivity; Membrane

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIBERS; MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; SPINNING (FIBERS); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THROUGHPUT; YARN;

BIOMOLECULE SEPARATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; MACROPOROUS STRUCTURES; POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANES; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYCARBONATE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84936776356     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.05.073     Document Type: Article

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