Enhanced desalination performance of carboxyl functionalized graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes

Desalination

Volumn 405, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-39

  Yuan, Yiqing ^a,b   Gao, Xueli ^a,b   Wei, Yi ^a,b   Wang, Xinyan ^d   Wang, Jian ^c   Zhang, Yushan ^c   Gao, Congjie ^b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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

^d Shandong Zhaojin Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Carboxyl functionalized grapheme oxide; Desalination; Nanofiltration; Pressure assisted self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLATION; DESALINATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CARBOXYL FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE OXIDES; CARBOXYL-FUNCTIONALIZED; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HIGHLY ORDERED STRUCTURE; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; ELECTROKINESIS; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 85002589020     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.11.024     Document Type: Article

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