Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147860
Title: Porous evaporators with special wettability for low-grade heat-driven water desalination
Authors: Zhu, Zhigao
Xu, Ying
Luo, Yifei
Wang, Wei
Chen, Xiaodong
Keywords: Engineering::Materials
Issue Date: 2021
Source: Zhu, Z., Xu, Y., Luo, Y., Wang, W. & Chen, X. (2021). Porous evaporators with special wettability for low-grade heat-driven water desalination. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(2), 702-726. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0TA09193F
Project: NRF2017NRFNSFC001-048 
Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A 
Abstract: Against the backdrop of global water scarcity, porous interface distillation (PID) working on macroporous evaporation materials attracts ever-growing attention in sustainable desalination. It excels itself in the ability to treat high-salinity brines and employ low-grade heat energy from industrial sources or solar energy, as well as low installation complexity and cost. In recent years, PID evaporators with special wettability, such as omniphobicity, asymmetric superwettability, superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity, are especially effective in improving distillation efficiency and operation lifetime, and much progress is made in this aspect. To provide a comprehensive overview, this review puts forward a panoramic discussion on the recent progress of hydrophobic and hydrophilic porous evaporators with special wettability for low-grade heat-driven water desalination, with focuses on material and structural designs to improve distillation efficiency and long-term durability. Current challenges and future perspectives are also provided as a guide for future research towards the practical application of PID for sustainable water desalination.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147860
ISSN: 2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA09193F
Schools: School of Materials Science and Engineering 
Rights: © 2021 Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A and is made available with permission of Royal Society of Chemistry.
Fulltext Permission: open
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