Electrospun nanofiber membranes incorporating fluorosilane-coated TiO2 nanocomposite for direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 520, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-154

  Lee, Eui Jong ^a   An, Alicia Kyoungjin ^a   He, Tao ^b   Woo, Yun Chul ^c   Shon, Ho Kyong ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Electrospun nanofiber membrane; Membrane distillation; Superhydrophobicity; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOFIBERS; PORE SIZE; SPINNING (FIBERS);

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

1H,1H,2H,2H PERFLUOROOCTYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; FLUOROSILANE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DISPERSION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84982803822     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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