Hierarchical Porous Structured SiO2/SnO2 Nanofibrous Membrane with Superb Flexibility for Molecular Filtration

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 18966-18976

  Shan, Haoru ^a   Wang, Xueqin ^a   Shi, Feihao ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a   Yu, Jianyong ^a   Ding, Bin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrospinning; flexible; high permeate flux; molecular filtration; porous SiO2 SnO2 nanofibrous membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSTATICS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULES; NANOFIBERS; POROSITY; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; FLEXIBLE; HIERARCHICAL POROUS STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR FILTRATION; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; PERMEATE FLUX; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 85020290079     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b04518     Document Type: Article

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