Graphene oxide incorporated thin-film composite membranes for forward osmosis applications

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 143, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-205

  Shen, Liang ^a   Xiong, Shu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti biofouling; Forward osmosis; Graphene oxide; Polyamide; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OSMOSIS; POLYAMIDES; THIN FILMS;

ANTI-BIOFOULING; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84954455071     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.12.029     Document Type: Article

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