Improvement of vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes: desalination potential, flux enhancement and scale-up

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 58, 2016, Pages 28133-28140

  Baek, Youngbin ^a,d   Seo, Dong Kyun ^a   Choi, Jong Ho ^a   Lee, Byeongho ^a   Kim, Yong Hyup ^a   Park, Seung Min ^b   Jung, Jungwoo ^b   Lee, Sangho ^b   Yoon, Jeyong ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT) membrane; Desalination; Flux enhancement; Scale up; Vertically aligned CNT

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 84975122057     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2016.1184188     Document Type: Article

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