Fabrication and water treatment application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based composite membranes: A review

Membranes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ma, Lining ^a,b   Dong, Xinfa ^a   Chen, Mingliang ^c   Zhu, Li ^c   Wang, Chaoxian ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^b   Dong, Yingchao ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CNTs based composite membranes; Fabrication methods; Membrane materials; Membrane technology; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; FABRICATION; HEAVY METALS; MEMBRANES; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOTUBES; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

CNTS BASED COMPOSITES; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; FABRICATION METHOD; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY; OIL WATER SEPARATION; REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85016435892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes7010016     Document Type: Review

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