Table 1.

VA-CNT membrane characteristics compared to other related works

	This work	Youngbin Baek. et al [37]	Seung-Min Park. et al [38]
Materials	CNT-AAO	CNT-epoxy	CNT-epoxy
Pore density (pore/cm2) *1010	1.3	6.8	6.8
Average pore size (nm)	20 ± 3	4.8 ± 0.9	4.87 ± 0.87
Pore volume (cm3/g)	0.425	Nda	Nd
BET surface area (m2/g)	220.4	Nd	Nd
Contact angle (degree)	85 ± 8	74.6 ± 2.8	92.1
Porosity	0.18 ± 0.4	Nd	Nd
Thickness (μ)	~120 ± 20	~200	200 ± 50
Flux(L/m2.h) at 1 bar	3600 ± 100	1100 ± 130	1000 ± 100

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