Recent advances of nanomaterial-based membrane for water purification

Applied Materials Today

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages 144-158

  Ying, Yulong ^a   Ying, Wen ^a   Li, Qiaochu ^a   Meng, Donghui ^b   Ren, Guohua ^b   Yan, Rongxin ^b   Peng, Xinsheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF SPACECRAFT SYSTEM ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Nanofiber; Nanomaterial based membrane; Nanoparticle; Nanosheet; Water purification

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PURIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; IDEAL SEPARATION; LAYER MATERIALS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SEPARATION MEMBRANES; WATER PURIFICATION;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 85014967571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2017.02.010     Document Type: Review

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