Photothermal-enhanced and fouling-resistant membrane for solar-assisted membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Tan, Yong Zen, Wang, Hou, Han, Le, Tanis-Kanbur, Melike Begum, Pranav, Mehta Vidish, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; MXene; Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141057
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Membrane distillation (MD) has been gaining increasing attention as a promising alternative to the more conventional separation processes like distillation and reverse osmosis (RO), due to the higher rejection, lower fouling propensity and ability to treat water using low-quality waste heat. Hydroph...