TY - JOUR
T1 - A general method for the fabrication of hierarchically-nanostructured membranes with multifunctional environmental applications
AU - Liu, Zhaoyang
AU - Bai, Hongwei
AU - Sun, Darren Delai
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A general method for the fabrication of flexible, multifunctional and hierarchically-nanostructured membranes was reported. As an example, the as-prepared TiO2 nanorod self-supporting membrane shows excellent advantages, when it is used in concurrent filtration and degradation of the pollutants in waters, including high mechanical flexibility, high permeate flux, high photocatalytic activity and no membrane fouling problem, which indicate its great potential for sustainable environmental applications. And this general method also was successfully demonstrated with a ZnO nanoflake self-supporting membrane, which also have great potential in environmental and energy applications.
AB - A general method for the fabrication of flexible, multifunctional and hierarchically-nanostructured membranes was reported. As an example, the as-prepared TiO2 nanorod self-supporting membrane shows excellent advantages, when it is used in concurrent filtration and degradation of the pollutants in waters, including high mechanical flexibility, high permeate flux, high photocatalytic activity and no membrane fouling problem, which indicate its great potential for sustainable environmental applications. And this general method also was successfully demonstrated with a ZnO nanoflake self-supporting membrane, which also have great potential in environmental and energy applications.
KW - Environmental applications
KW - Hierarchical
KW - Nanostructured membrane
KW - TiO
KW - ZnO
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874880585&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.12.032
DO - 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.12.032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874880585
SN - 1383-5866
VL - 107
SP - 324
EP - 330
JO - Separation and Purification Technology
JF - Separation and Purification Technology
ER -