Processable graphene oxide-embedded titanate nanofiber membranes with improved filtration performance

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 325, Issue , 2017, Pages 214-222

  Xu, Chao ^a,b   Wang, Chen ^a   He, Xiaoping ^a   Lyu, Miaoqiang ^b   Wang, Songcan ^b   Wang, Lianzhou ^b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Inorganic fibrous membranes; Processability; Selectivity; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPOSITE FILMS; FILTRATION; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; GRAPHENE; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFIBERS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHANNEL STRUCTURES; ELECTROSTATIC ASSEMBLY; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PROCESSABILITY; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; TITANATE NANOFIBER;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

DYE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

DYE; FILM; FILTRATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MEMBRANE; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION; TITANATE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRID; MEMBRANE FILTER; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; VACUUM; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 85002772962     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.077     Document Type: Article

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