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 …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Removal of tetracycline by a photocatalytic membrane reactor with MIL-53 (Fe)/PVDF mixed-matrix membrane

CJ Wu, IV Maggay, CH Chiang, W Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates the synergistic effect of two-unit operations: filtration and
photocatalysis to remove tetracycline (TC) from wastewater by immobilizing MIL-53 (Fe) …

Recent advances in polymer membranes employing non-toxic solvents and materials

D Zou, SP Nunes, IFJ Vankelecom, A Figoli… - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer membranes have attracted interest in many areas, such as desalination, water
treatment, gas separation, and energy storage and generation. Membrane fabrication …

On the solubility and stability of polyvinylidene fluoride

JE Marshall, A Zhenova, S Roberts, T Petchey, P Zhu… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This literature review covers the solubility and processability of fluoropolymer polyvinylidine
fluoride (PVDF). Fluoropolymers consist of a carbon backbone chain with multiple …

Toward the next generation of sustainable membranes from green chemistry principles

W **e, T Li, A Tiraferri, E Drioli, A Figoli… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Large-scale membrane technology has been widely implemented and rapidly growing for
roughly 40 years. However, considering its entire life cycle, there are aspects being …

Polyimide based super-wettable membranes/materials for high performance oil/water mixture and emulsion separation: A review

U Baig, M Faizan, MA Dastageer - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews the application of highly heat and pressure resistant polyimide material
for the development of membranes/materials that exhibit unique super-wettability, the …

Research progress on high-temperature resistant polymer separators for lithium-ion batteries

X Dai, X Zhang, J Wen, C Wang, X Ma, Y Yang… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) quickly occupy an absolute leading position in the secondary
battery market since their commercialization. However, the performance of LIBs is poor at …

The impact of relative humidity on electrospun polymer fibers: From structural changes to fiber morphology

PK Szewczyk, U Stachewicz - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is one of the most important methods used for the production of
nanostructured materials. Electrospun nanofibers are used in a wide spectrum of …

New frontiers in sustainable membrane preparation: Cyrene™ as green bioderived solvent

T Marino, F Galiano, A Molino, A Figoli - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, Cyrene™ was employed for the first time as solvent for polyethersulfone (PES)
and poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membrane preparation via phase inversion. The two …