Cellulose nanofiber intermediary to fabricate highly-permeable ultrathin nanofiltration membranes for fast water purification

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 524, Issue , 2017, Pages 174-185

  Soyekwo, Faizal ^a   Zhang, Qiugen ^a   Gao, Runsheng ^a   Qu, Yan ^a   Lin, Chenxiao ^a   Huang, Xiaoling ^a   Zhu, Aimei ^a   Liu, Qinglin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanofiber; Interfacial polymerization; Nanofiltration; Ultrathin membrane; Water purification

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MEMBRANES; NANOFIBERS; NANOFILTRATION; PERMEATION; POLYMERIZATION; PORE SIZE; PURIFICATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; POLYMERIC NANOFILTRATION; SEPARATION OF SMALL MOLECULES; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; ULTRA-THIN MEMBRANES; WATER PURIFICATION;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE; DYE; INORGANIC SALT; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84997542838     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.019     Document Type: Article

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