Spray coating polymer substrates from a green solvent to enhance desalination performances of thin film composites
Shiliang Lin, Shanshan He, Sulaiman Sarwar, Roxana A. Milescu, Con Robert McElroy, Simone Dimartino, Lu Shao, Cher Hon Lau
Abstract
Spray coating creates highly porous polymer films that enhance pure water permeance by 7-fold, overcoming the trade-off between poor desalination performances and the sustainability offered by using green solvents in polymer membrane fabrication.
Topics & Concepts
PermeanceDesalinationMaterials scienceCoatingPolymerComposite materialFabricationPorosityWater desalinationSolventChemical engineeringMembraneOrganic chemistryChemistryPermeationPathologyMedicineEngineeringBiochemistryAlternative medicineMembrane Separation TechnologiesMembrane Separation and Gas TransportNanomaterials for catalytic reactions