Research Article

Ab Initio Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Interaction between Carbon Nanotubes and Water Molecules during Water Desalination Process

Table 4

The required pressure to complete RO process.

CNTDiameter ( ) 3) (MPa)

(5, 5)6.78588.7503758285
(6, 6)8.142127.8005411258
(7, 7)9.499173.9507366221
(8, 0)6.268139.7187241109
(10, 0)7.834218.310506464
(12, 0)9.401314.367129262