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 …

Memristor modeling: challenges in theories, simulations, and device variability

L Gao, Q Ren, J Sun, ST Han, Y Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This article presents a review of the current development and challenges in memristor
modeling. We review the mechanisms of memristive devices based on various …

Hydrophilicity gradient in covalent organic frameworks for membrane distillation

S Zhao, C Jiang, J Fan, S Hong, P Mei, R Yao, Y Liu… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Desalination can help to alleviate the fresh-water crisis facing the world. Thermally driven
membrane distillation is a promising way to purify water from a variety of saline and polluted …

Wetting, scaling, and fouling in membrane distillation: state-of-the-art insights on fundamental mechanisms and mitigation strategies

T Horseman, Y Yin, KSS Christie, Z Wang… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and
development, since it has been proposed as a promising technology for desalinating …

Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene's intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination

B Zhang, PW Wong, J Guo, Y Zhou, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Owing to its 100% theoretical salt rejection capability, membrane distillation (MD) has
emerged as a promising seawater desalination approach to address freshwater scarcity …

Novel membranes with extremely high permeability fabricated by 3D printing and nickel coating for oil/water separation

L Han, C Chen, L Shen, H Lin, B Li, Z Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Traditional membranes for oil/water separation are subjected to the severe mutual constraint
between selectivity and permeability. Fabricating membranes with extremely high …

A novel in-situ micro-aeration functional membrane with excellent decoloration efficiency and antifouling performance

Y Liu, L Shen, Z Huang, J Liu, Y Xu, R Li… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
While membrane technology emerges as one of the promising candidates for printing and
dyeing wastewater treatment, it still suffers problems of “trade-off” effect and membrane …

A critical review of membrane wettability in membrane distillation from the perspective of interfacial interactions

H Chang, B Liu, Z Zhang, R Pawar, Z Yan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

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 …

Polymeric membranes for desalination using membrane distillation: A review

J Ravi, MHD Othman, T Matsuura, MR Bilad… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a burgeoning membrane technology that has gained immense
interest among membrane scientists worldwide. Despite a slow start, both the theoretical …