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Polyamide composite membranes fabricated via interfacial polymerization process have attracted attention owing to its facile scale-up and cost-efficiency.
Control of surface morphology and structure of polyamide membranes is important in dictating the separation performance.
A research team led by Prof. JIANG Heqing from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) constructed an ultrathin graphene oxide (GO) interlayer on polyethersulfone macroporous substrate to tailor the structure of polyamide composite membrane, and thus improve the desalination performance.
The related findings were published in ACS Applied Materials & Interface on April 12.
A possible red hot future for electric vehicle batteries
High-temperature batteries could one day power road vehicles, according to the University of Nottingham, which has worked with Chinese universities to take a step forward with molten salt ‘metal-air’ batteries.
Having a battery running at 700-800°C might seem a little impractical.
“This molten salt battery has multiple feasible application directions, and transport is one of these,” Nottingham professor of electro-chemistry George Chen told Electronics Weekly. “It is indeed a high temperature battery, but the working temperature is actually about the same as the temperature of the engine exhaust gas from a petrol or diesel engine. In principle, maintaining the temperature can be achieved by the currents for charging and discharging of the battery, good thermal insulation and some additional electric heating if necessary. An older version of molten salt battery for transport application is the so-called Zebra ba