Tuning the permselectivity of polymeric desalination membranes via control of polymer crystallite size

oleh: Xinglin Lu, Xunda Feng, Yi Yang, Jin Jiang, Wei Cheng, Caihong Liu, Manesh Gopinadhan, Chinedum O. Osuji, Jun Ma, Menachem Elimelech

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-05-01

Deskripsi

Increasing the selectivity of desalination membranes is of crucial importance for advancing membrane desalination technologies. Here the authors demonstrate a plasticizing-extracting process for tuning the permselectivity of polymeric membranes and achieving desired desalination performance.