The morphology of fully-aromatic polyamide separation layer and its relationship with separation performance of TFC membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 541, Issue , 2017, Pages 174-188

  Xu, Jian ^a   Yan, Hao ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Pan, Guoyuan ^a   Liu, Yiqun ^a  

^a SINOPEC BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Morphology; Polyamide; Separation layer; TFC membrane; Water flux

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYAMIDES;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEPARATION LAYERS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; WATER FLUX;

SEPARATION;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CARBON; MONOMER; NITROGEN; OLIGOMER; OXYGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANATOMY; MEMBRANES; SEPARATION;

EID: 85021782740     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.057     Document Type: Article

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