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 …

Progress reports of mineralized membranes: Engineering strategies and multifunctional applications

Y Li, X Yang, Y Wen, Y Zhao, L Yan, G Han… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineralized membranes as a unique kind of organ-inorganic composite membranes
fabricated by the mineralizing technique have received increasing attention over the past …

Tailoring pore size and interface of superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane for robust scaling resistance and flux enhancement in membrane distillation

G Tan, D Xu, Z Zhu, X Zhang, J Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibrous membrane with ultrafine nanofibers, high porosity, and
interconnected pores has attracted significant attention in high-flux membrane distillation …

Recent advances in nature-inspired antifouling membranes for water purification

X Zhang, J Ma, J Zheng, R Dai, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane separation technologies have been widely used for water purification. However,
membrane fouling, which arises from unwanted deposition and adhesion of foulants …

Membrane distillation for wastewater treatment: Current trends, challenges and prospects of dense membrane distillation

H Julian, N Nurgirisia, G Qiu, YP Ting… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has excellent potential for wastewater treatment, and studies on
this subject have increased recently. The unique features of MD to pass only volatile …

Recent advances in novel membranes for improved anti-wettability in membrane distillation: A mini review

Y Ye, L Zhao, Z Liu, Z Wang, QJ Niu - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging water treatment technology that employs a
microporous hydrophobic membrane as a physical barrier against liquid feed and utilizes …

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

Z Wei, Y **, 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 …

Membrane innovations to tackle challenges related to flux, energy efficiency and wetting in membrane distillation: A state-of-the-art review

ZS Tai, MHD Othman, KN Koo, WNFW Mustapa… - Sustainable Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has received increasing attention as an alternative membrane-
based separation technology for conventional water treatment technologies due to several …

A new way to construct multifunctional superhydrophobic coating and applications in anti-corrosion, self-cleaning, membrane distillation and Water/Oil separation

X Peng, T Xu, W Ma, W **e, H Liu, C Huang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic materials have prospective applications in the field of self-cleaning, anti-
corrosion and anti-fouling. However, the methods of preparing superhydrophobic surfaces …

Self-cleaning and anti-fouling superhydrophobic hierarchical ceramic surface synthesized from hydrothermal and fluorination methods

MH Abd Aziz, MHD Othman, JR Tavares… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we develop superhydrophobic ceramic surfaces possessing flower-like
hierarchical structures that can resist surface wetting against not only water but also …