Patterned superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes for membrane distillation: Enhanced flux with improved fouling and wetting resistance

Volume: 595, Pages: 117596 - 117596
Published: Oct 23, 2019
Abstract
The industrial implementation of membrane distillation (MD) is still limited due to major barriers such as membrane wetting and low permeate flux. In this study, we fabricated a two-layer patterned superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane by combining non-solvent induced, and vapor induced phase separation processes (NIPS and VIPS), and a subsequent surface fluorination to lower the membrane's surface energy. A simple spacer...
Paper Details
Title
Patterned superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes for membrane distillation: Enhanced flux with improved fouling and wetting resistance
Published Date
Oct 23, 2019
Volume
595
Pages
117596 - 117596
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