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Advances in Porous Hydrophobic Membrane Materials for Membrane Distillation

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 1042

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alberto Figoli

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Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council, ITM-CNR, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Interests: polymeric membranes; sustainable membrane preparation; bio-polymeric membranes; flat membranes; hollow-fibers; nano fibers; membrane preparation; membrane characterization; pervaporation; antifouling coatings; self-cleaning membranes; ultra-micro filtration
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Xue Li

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Guest Editor Assistant
Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Interests: hydophobic membrane for membrane distillation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As a large quantity of the World’s population has been suffering from a lack of clean drinking water, membrane distillation has been playing an important role in desalination and water treatment in recent years. Therefore, it is important to further develop membrane distillation-related research.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Membranes.

The aim of this Special Issue is to gather recent advanced research on hydrophobic porous membranes targets for the membrane distillation process. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, membrane hydrophobicity improvement, new hydrophobic membrane structure design, anti-fouling and anti-wetting improvement, or the development of new membrane material for membrane distillation. Research could also focus on desalination or water treatment by membrane distillation, such as the treatment of industrial wastewater or other waters with pollutants. A possible research direction could also be the design of the membrane distillation configuration to improve the efficiency of the process, save energy input, or lower the total cost. We welcome the submission of research articles or reviews in the related area.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Alberto Figoli
Guest Editor

Xue Li
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • hydrophobic porous membrane
  • membrane distillation
  • anti-fouling
  • anti-wetting
  • configuration design

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Bead-Containing Superhydrophobic Nanofiber Membrane for Membrane Distillation
by Md. Eman Talukder, Md. Romon Talukder, Md. Nahid Pervez, Hongchen Song and Vincenzo Naddeo
Membranes 2024, 14(6), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes14060120 - 23 May 2024
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This study introduces an innovative approach to enhancing membrane distillation (MD) performance by developing bead-containing superhydrophobic sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) nanofibers with S-MWCNTs. By leveraging SPES’s inherent hydrophobicity and thermal stability, combined with a nanostructured fibrous configuration, we engineered beads designed to optimize the [...] Read more.
This study introduces an innovative approach to enhancing membrane distillation (MD) performance by developing bead-containing superhydrophobic sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) nanofibers with S-MWCNTs. By leveraging SPES’s inherent hydrophobicity and thermal stability, combined with a nanostructured fibrous configuration, we engineered beads designed to optimize the MD process for water purification applications. Here, oxidized hydrophobic S-MWCNTs were dispersed in a SPES solution at concentrations of 0.5% and 1.0% by weight. These bead membranes are fabricated using a novel electrospinning technique, followed by a post-treatment with the hydrophobic polyfluorinated grafting agent to augment nanofiber membrane surface properties, thereby achieving superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle (WCA) of 145 ± 2° and a higher surface roughness of 512 nm. The enhanced membrane demonstrated a water flux of 87.3 Lm−2 h−1 and achieved nearly 99% salt rejection efficiency at room temperature, using a 3 wt% sodium chloride (NaCl) solution as the feed. The results highlight the potential of superhydrophobic SPES nanofiber beads in revolutionizing MD technology, offering a scalable, efficient, and robust membrane for salt rejection. Full article
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In Situ-Grown Al2O3 Nanoflowers and Hydrophobic Modification Enable Superhydrophobic SiC Ceramic Membranes for Membrane Distillation
by Yuqi Song, Kai Miao, Jinxin Liu, Yutang Kang, Dong Zou and Zhaoxiang Zhong
Membranes 2024, 14(5), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes14050117 - 19 May 2024
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Membrane distillation (MD) is considered a promising technology for desalination. In the MD process, membrane pores are easily contaminated and wetted, which will degrade the permeate flux and salt rejection of the membrane. In this work, SiC ceramic membranes were used as the [...] Read more.
Membrane distillation (MD) is considered a promising technology for desalination. In the MD process, membrane pores are easily contaminated and wetted, which will degrade the permeate flux and salt rejection of the membrane. In this work, SiC ceramic membranes were used as the supports, and an Al2O3 micro-nano structure was constructed on its surface. The surface energy of Al2O3@SiC micro-nano composite membranes was reduced by organosilane grafting modification. The effective deposition of Al2O3 nanoflowers on the membrane surface increased membrane roughness and enhanced the anti-fouling and anti-wetting properties of the membranes. Simultaneously, the presence of nanoflowers also regulated the pore structures and thus decreased the membrane pore size. In addition, the effects of Al2(SO4)3 concentration and sintering temperature on the surface morphology and performance of the membranes were investigated in detail. It was demonstrated that the water contact angle of the resulting membrane was 152.4°, which was higher than that of the pristine membrane (138.8°). In the treatment of saline water containing 35 g/L of NaCl, the permeate flux was about 11.1 kg⋅m−2⋅h−1 and the salt rejection was above 99.9%. Note that the pristine ceramic membrane cannot be employed for MD due to its larger membrane pore size. This work provides a new method for preparing superhydrophobic ceramic membranes for MD. Full article
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