Electrospun bio-polymeric nanofibrous membrane for membrane distillation desalination application

MO Aijaz, MHD Othman, MR Karim, AU Khan, A Najib… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) has been explored as a sustainable material for membrane distillation
(MD) membranes using electrospinning for the first time. Adjusting the electrospinning …

Disclosing the pivotal role of Poly (vinylidene fluoride) omniphobic membrane surface morphology in performance of photothermal vacuum membrane distillation

M Asadolahi, H Fashandi, H Zamani - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, water and energy crises are important worldwide challenges. Many efforts have
been devoted to develop efficient photothermal membranes for water desalination based on …

Fabrication of omniphobic PVDF membrane with SiO2–FeOOH hierarchical structures for robust membrane distillation

J Xu, L Xia, J Liu, K Guan, P Luo, H Matsuyama… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
Omniphobic membrane has been demonstrated as an effective strategy to mitigate
membrane wetting and fouling risks in membrane distillation (MD) processes. In this work …

Engineering morphological architecture of superhydrophobic/hydrophilic composite membrane for efficient photothermal membrane distillation

Q Liu, Z He, J Yu, L Zou - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
The viability and efficacy of photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) is still uncertain due
to its inherent energy-efficiency and throughput mass flux limitation. Herein, we develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced desalination performance using PVDF electrospun nanofiber membranes across multiple membrane distillation configuration

R Navarro-Tovar, B Qiu, P Martin, P Gorgojo… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
This study reports the fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) electrospun nanofiber
membranes (ENMs) and their application across a range of membrane distillation (MD) …

One-step development of photothermal omniphobic membrane for vacuum membrane distillation towards sustainable water desalination using solar energy

M Asadolahi, H Fashandi, A Ghodsi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, development of photothermal omniphobic membranes (POMs) for water
desalination using solar energy has gained considerable attention to face water and energy …

Preparation and properties of cellulose triacetate (CTA)-PVDF composite membrane with hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties for membrane distillation

Y An, F Li, H Wang, X Zhang, Y Di, L Wang, Z Yan… - Applied Surface …, 2025 - Elsevier
The two surfaces with structural and hydrophobic differences are crucial for improving the
overall membrane performance in membrane distillation (MD). In this work electrospun …