Graphene oxide (GO) as functional material in tailoring polyamide thin film composite (PA-TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes

Desalination

Volumn 394, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-175

  Liu, Qian ^a,b   Xu, Guo Rong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide (GO); Membrane desalination; Nanomaterials incorporations; PA TFC RO membranes; Sublayer adjustment; Surface modifications

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; DATA AND INFORMATION; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; RO MEMBRANE; SUBLAYER ADJUSTMENT; SUPER HYDROPHILICITY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; FULLERENE; MEMBRANE; OXIDE; POLYMER; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84971324147     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.05.017     Document Type: Review

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