Effects of the support on the characteristics and permselectivity of thin film composite membranes

• Main Authors: Li, Xuesong, Li, Qing, Fang, Wangxi, Wang, Rong, Krantz, William B.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Thin-film Composite Membrane; Support
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143849
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

How the membrane support affects the performance of thin-film composite (TFC) membranes has long been under debate. Our present study experimentally establishes that the support pore number density (number per unit area) as well as its surface porosity play pivotal roles in affecting the characteris...