Combined Effects of Surface Charge and Pore Size on Co-Enhanced Permeability and Ion Selectivity through RGO-OCNT Nanofiltration Membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 4827-4834

  Zhang, Haiguang ^a   Quan, Xie ^a   Chen, Shuo ^a   Fan, Xinfei ^a   Wei, Gaoliang ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GRAPHENE; IONS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE CHARGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

COMBINED EFFECT; ENHANCED PERMEABILITY; ION SELECTIVITY; NF MEMBRANES; OXIDIZED CARBONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); REJECTION RATES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; ION; OXIDE;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; TRADE-OFF; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DESALINATION; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY;

GRAPHITE; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDES; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 85045568322     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00515     Document Type: Article

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