Superhydrophobic nanofiber membrane containing carbon nanotubes for high-performance direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 502, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-170

  Tijing, Leonard D ^a   Woo, Yun Chul ^a   Shim, Wang Geun ^a   He, Tao ^b   Choi, June Seok ^c   Kim, Seung Hyun ^d   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^d Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Direct contact membrane distillation; Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SPINNING (FIBERS); YARN;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84952802651     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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