Design strategy of poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes for water treatment

D Zou, YM Lee - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of facile, benign and energy-efficient water treatment technologies to
produce clean water presents a major societal challenge. Membrane-based separation …

Recent progress in electrospun nanofibers for the membrane distillation of hypersaline wastewaters

D Xu, Z Zhu, J Li - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) utilizing low-grade thermal energy can be used to effectively
desalinate hypersaline brines with a high freshwater recovery for water reuse. Membrane …

Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

M Qasim, IU Samad, NA Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that requires continuous exploration of new desalination
technologies in order to augment the global supply of fresh water. In this context, membrane …

Anti-fouling/wetting electrospun nanofibrous membranes for membrane distillation desalination: A comprehensive review

MO Aijaz, MR Karim, MHD Othman, UA Samad - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane distillation (MD) process has been identified as one of the most promising
technologies in seawater desalination and wastewater treatment due to its lack of a salinity …

Water desalination and ion removal using mixed matrix electrospun nanofibrous membranes: A critical review

H Sanaeepur, AE Amooghin, MMA Shirazi… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In this century, water supply requirements for drinking, urban, and industrial applications are
known as one of the most significant challenges facing humanity, so that if a sustainable …

Robust omniphobic ceramic hollow fibre membrane with leaf-like copper oxide hierarchical structure by membrane distillation

NMA Omar, MHD Othman, ZS Tai, AOA Amhamed… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Omniphobic membranes have recently shown promising performance in water desalination
using MD due to their ability to repel all liquid drop types and keep the membrane surface …

Preparation of superhydrophobic PVDF composite membrane via catechol/polyamine co-deposition and Ag nanoparticles in-situ growth for membrane distillation

Z Wei, Y Jin, J Li, L Jia, Y Ma, M Chen - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has gained widespread attention in desalination and wastewater
treatment. However, membrane fouling and membrane wetting seriously hinder its further …

A siphon-based spatial evaporation device for efficient salt-free interfacial steam generation

X Fan, Y Peng, B Lv, Y Yang, Z You, C Song, Y Xu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is an emerging alternative for alleviating the water crisis
due to its sustainability and eco-friendly, but it still required efficient strategies to address the …

Gas flow enhanced mass transfer in vacuum membrane distillation

S Zhao, PHM Feron, X Chen, I Boztepe, J Zhang… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing cost-effective methods to enhance the mass transfer (ie water vapor flux) in
vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) is of vital significance. In this study, we propose and …

Facile fabrication of low-cost starch-based biohydrogel evaporator for efficient solar steam generation

Y Xu, B Lv, Y Yang, X Fan, Y Yu, C Song, Y Liu - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar evaporation is an emerging technology in the field of seawater desalination and
wastewater purification to address global water shortage, while the unsatisfactory …