Highly permeable and mechanically durable forward osmosis membranes prepared using polyethylene lithium ion battery separators

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 544, Issue , 2017, Pages 213-220

  Kwon, Soon Jin ^a   Park, Sang Hee ^a   Park, Min Sang ^b   Lee, Jong Suk ^c   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b SK Innovation   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Interfacial polymerization; Lithium ion battery separator; Polyethylene; Thin film composite membranes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FILM PREPARATION; IONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MEMBRANES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; SEPARATORS; THIN FILM LITHIUM ION BATTERIES; THIN FILMS;

COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; LITHIUM IONS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

AMINE; LITHIUM ION; OXYGEN; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BATTERIES; LITHIUM; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERIZATION; THIN FILMS;

EID: 85029427427     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.09.022     Document Type: Article

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