Membranes in Solar‐Driven Evaporation: Design Principles and Applications

HC Yang, F Lu, HN Li, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven evaporation process brings exciting opportunities to recover clean water and
resources in a sustainable way from diverse sources like seawater and wastewater …

Membrane fabrication and configuration design development of photothermal membrane distillation (PMD)

GR Xu, M Wang, K Xu, HL Zhao, Q Liu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation provides a promising alternative to supply safe and clean water
because of its superiorities over conventional membrane and distillation-based methods …

Photothermal Surface Heating Membrane Distillation Using 3D-Printed Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Nanocomposite Spacers

N Almarzooqi, S Hong, P Verma… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To address the growing global need for freshwater, it has become essential to use
nonpotable saline water. Solar membrane distillation is a potential desalination method that …

Activated carbon-boosted BiOI in CO2 adsorption and electron transfer for photothermally catalyzed CO2 oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

RQ Miao, ZH He, BT Wu, J Liu, SW Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
CO 2 oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (CO 2-ODHP) not only meets the current
“propylene gap between supply and demand”, but also utilizes the waste CO 2 resource …

Difunctional MOF-wrapped graphene membranes for efficient photothermal membrane distillation and VOCs interception

M Lou, J Li, X Zhu, J Chen, X Zhang, X Fang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) has the potential to address freshwater scarcity,
but heat loss during heat transfer from the photothermal surface to the feed bulk inevitably …

Solar-driven surface-heating membrane distillation using Ti3C2Tx MXene-coated spacers

N Almarzooqi, RA Alwan, F AlMarzooqi, N Ghaffour… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of two-dimensional (2D) MXenes as efficient light-to-heat conversion
materials offers significant potential for solar-based desalination, particularly in photothermal …

New hybrid concentrated photovoltaic/membrane distillation unit for simultaneous freshwater and electricity production

M Rabie, AYM Ali, EM Abo-Zahhad, MF Elkady… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional photovoltaic-thermal desalination systems often rely on electricity to power
pumps which can reduce the amount of electricity available for other practices. The current …

An in-depth analysis of membrane distillation research (1990–2023): Exploring trends and future directions through bibliometric approach

A Boubakri, S Elgharbi, S Bouguecha, J Orfi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This bibliometric analysis offers a comprehensive investigation into membrane distillation
(MD) research from 1990 to 2023. Covering 4389 publications, the analysis sheds light on …

Mitigation of thermal energy in membrane distillation for environmental sustainability

MTT Ngo, XT Bui, TKQ Vo, PVM Doan… - Current Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) is a sustainable approach for the treatment of challenging saline
water by effective removal of non-volatile compounds at high water recovery, offering near-to …

One‐pot three‐step synthesis of PDMAEMA‐b‐PMMA‐b‐PNIPAM triblock block copolymer for preparing pH and thermal dual‐responsive PVDF blend membranes

X Luo, Z Wang, M Yan, J Xin… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Functional membranes based on stimuli‐responsive block copolymers have attracted
significant attention in the field of membrane separations, which can adjust the pore sizes …