Electrospun Superhydrophobic Organic/Inorganic Composite Nanofibrous Membranes for Membrane Distillation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 21919-21930

  Li, Xiong ^a   Yu, Xufeng ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Deng, Li ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Wang, Xuefen ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

colloid electrospinning; membrane distillation; nanofibrous membrane; silica nanoparticles; superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PORE SIZE; SILICA; SPINNING (FIBERS);

COLLOID-ELECTROSPINNING; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84944128046     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06509     Document Type: Article

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