Synthesis and characterization of novel thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes embedded with halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) for water desalination

• Main Authors: Ghanbari, M., Emadzadeh, D., Lau, W. J., Lai, S. O., Matsuura, T., Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58860/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.11.035

In this study, a new type of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) forward osmosis (FO) membranes was prepared by incorporating different quantities of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) into the polyamide layer via interfacial polymerization. The FO performance of all fabricated TFN membranes in terms of water pe...