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 …

Piezoelectric materials for catalytic/photocatalytic removal of pollutants: Recent advances and outlook

Z Liang, CF Yan, S Rtimi, J Bandara - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019 - Elsevier
The accumulation of various contaminants in air, soil and water is threatening the natural
environment. The remediation of the environmental contaminations is today an urge. Among …

Ultrasonic activation of inert poly (tetrafluoroethylene) enables piezocatalytic generation of reactive oxygen species

Y Wang, Y Xu, S Dong, P Wang, W Chen, Z Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Controlled generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is essential in biological, chemical,
and environmental fields, and piezoelectric catalysis is an emerging method to generate …

Nanoparticle-enhanced β-phase formation in electroactive PVDF composites: a review of systems for applications in energy harvesting, EMI shielding, and membrane …

A Gebrekrstos, TS Muzata, SS Ray - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the continuous advancement of electronic devices, lightweight, flexible, and easily
processable materials have gained substantial techno-commercial importance. Most …

Recent progress on structure manipulation of poly (vinylidene fluoride)‐based ferroelectric polymers for enhanced piezoelectricity and applications

L Zhang, S Li, Z Zhu, G Rui, B Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)‐based polymers demonstrate great potential for
applications in flexible and wearable electronics but show low piezoelectric coefficients …

Crystalline polymorphism in poly (vinylidenefluoride) membranes

Z Cui, NT Hassankiadeh, Y Zhuang, E Drioli… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
PVDF is widely employed in membrane processes. Its crystals have five different
polymorphs, α, β, γ, δ, and ɛ forms. In the past decades, research has been focused on the …

Thermally induced phase separation and electrospinning methods for emerging membrane applications: A review

JF Kim, JH Kim, YM Lee, E Drioli - AIChE Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and electrospinning methods for
preparation of fluoropolymer membranes are assessed, particularly for the polyvinylidene …

Optimizing electrospinning parameters for piezoelectric PVDF nanofiber membranes

S Gee, B Johnson, AL Smith - Journal of membrane science, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, nanofiber membranes were fabricated using electrospinning to induce
piezoelectric properties. Optimization of the piezoelectric properties was achieved using the …

Photo-piezocatalysis in electrospun PVDF+ WS 2 membrane

S Verma, M Sharma, R Vaish - Environmental Science: Nano, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
PVDF+ WS2 fibers were fabricated via an electrospinning method and utilised as sample
materials to explore the effect of structure on catalytic activity. It is discovered that the …

Incorporation of barium titanate nanoparticles in piezoelectric PVDF membrane

YP Su, LN Sim, HGL Coster, TH Chong - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The micro-vibration of piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes has been
shown to mitigate fouling. To improve the desired piezoelectric properties, piezoelectric …