Graphene oxide incorporated thin film nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane for enhanced salt removal performance

Desalination

Volumn 387, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-24

  Lai, G S ^a   Lau, W J ^a   Goh, P S ^a   Ismail, A F ^a   Yusof, N ^a   Tan, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Nanofiltration; Salt rejection; Thin film nanocomposite; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SALT REMOVAL; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION;

GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE HYDROPHILICITY; MICROPOROUS SUBSTRATE; SALT REJECTIONS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

COMPOSITE; FILM; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; WATER;

EID: 84960328488     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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