Efficient water desalination using photo-responsive ZnO polyamide thin film nanocomposite membrane

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1469-1475

  Mayyahi, Ahmed Al ^a   Deng, Baolin ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Nanoparticles; Polyamide; Thin film nanocomposite; Zinc Oxide (ZnO)

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; SENSITISATION; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; WATER DESALINATION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 85048053766     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-018-0758-z     Document Type: Article

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