Interests on lithium extraction from the Chinese salt-lake brines have regained momentum
due to the growing demand of lithium for application in electric vehicles. Characterized by a …

Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

The saline wastewater from various sources including agriculture and industrial activities,
appears to have high salt concentration, organic content and other pollutants which can …

Membrane distillation (MD) is promising desalination technology for hypersaline wastewater
treatment. However, traditional MD membranes are subject to low vapor flux and mineral …

The scaling-induced wetting phenomenon seriously affects the application of membrane
distillation (MD) technology in hypersaline wastewater treatment. Unlike the large amount of …

Membrane wetting and fouling substantially limits application and deployment of membrane
distillation process. Designing high-performance superhydrophobic membranes offers an …

Heat-localized solar distillation (HLSD) is an emerging environmentally-friendly high-
efficiency distillation technology for clean water production. Solar interfacial distillation (SID) …

Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven separation process that is driven by phase
change. The core of this technology is the hydrophobic microporous membrane that …

In this study, we report the use of nanobubbles (NBs) as a simple and facile approach to
effectively delay scaling in membrane distillation (MD) during the treatment of highly saline …

Periodically patterned surfaces can cause special surface properties and are employed as
functional building blocks in many devices, yet remaining challenges in fabrication …