Preparation and characterization of low fouling novel hybrid ultrafiltration membranes based on the blends of GO-TiO2 nanocomposite and polysulfone for humic acid removal

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 506, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-49

  Kumar, Mahendra ^a   Gholamvand, Zahra ^a   Morrissey, Anne ^a   Nolan, Kieran ^a   Ulbricht, Mathias ^b   Lawler, Jenny ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GO TiO2 nanocomposite; Humic acid removal; Hybrid membranes; Low fouling

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GELS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANTIFOULING CHARACTERISTICS; ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; HUMIC ACID; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYBRID ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; IN-SITU SOL-GEL REACTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHARGE; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

LOADING;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; HUMIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOSHEET; POLYMER; POLYSULFONE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFABRICATION; NONSOLVENT INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84957589919     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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