Thermally resistant and electrically conductive PES/ITO nanocomposite membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 500, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-160

  Khorshidi, Behnam ^a   Hajinasiri, Javad ^a   Ma, Guibin ^a   Bhattacharjee, Subir ^b   Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Water Planet Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive membranes; Indium tin oxide (ITO); Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs); Polyethersulfone (PES); Thermally stable membranes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDIUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; POLYETHERSULFONES; THERMALLY STABLE;

MEMBRANES;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHERSULFONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOULING CONTROL; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84949257351     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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