Thin film composite membranes embedded with graphene oxide for water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 386, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-76

  Ali, Mohamed E A ^a,c   Wang, Leyi ^b   Wang, Xinyan ^b   Feng, Xianshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Zhaojin Motian Co   (China)

^c Egyptian Desalination Research Center of Excellence   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorine tolerance; Fouling resistance; Graphene oxide; Membranes; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DESALINATION; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MEMBRANES; SALINE WATER; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION;

FOULING RESISTANCE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

CHLORINE; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE;

EID: 84959336817     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.02.034     Document Type: Article

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