Water treatment: A scalable graphene-based membrane

Vlassiouk, Ivan V.

doi:10.1038/nnano.2017.184

Title: Water treatment: A scalable graphene-based membrane

Abstract

We discuss how an improved industrial manufacturability has been achieved for a hybrid water-treatment membrane that exhibits high water permeance, prolonged high salt and dye rejection under cross-flow conditions and better resistance to chlorine treatment.

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1399454

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Nanotechnology (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nature Nanotechnology (Online); Journal Volume: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-3395

Publisher:: Springer Nature

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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  abstractNote = {We discuss how an improved industrial manufacturability has been achieved for a hybrid water-treatment membrane that exhibits high water permeance, prolonged high salt and dye rejection under cross-flow conditions and better resistance to chlorine treatment.},

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