Advanced multi-nozzle electrospun functionalized titanium dioxide/polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (TiO2/PVDF-HFP) composite membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 524, Issue , 2017, Pages 712-720

  Lee, Eui Jong ^a   An, Alicia Kyoungjin ^a   Hadi, Pejman ^b   Lee, Sangho ^c   Woo, Yun Chul ^d   Shon, Ho Kyong ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coaxial dual nozzle; Desalination; Electrospun membrane; Hydrophobicity; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NOZZLES; OXIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER VAPOR;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

MEMBRANES;

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NANOFIBER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; PROPYLENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND; WATER VAPOR;

COMPOSITES; CONTACT ANGLE; DEIONIZATION; DISTILLATION; NOZZLES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85008210359     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.069     Document Type: Article

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