Enhancement of PVDF-based membranes with 2D materials for efficient performance in Membrane Distillation and Membrane Crystallization

Most of membrane transport processes are isothermal and their driving forces are transmembrane hydrostatic pressures, concentrations, electrical or chemical potentials. Membrane Distillation (MD) and Membrane Crystallization (MCr) are non-isothermal processes that actually still needs to be developed for its industrial implementation[...In this work Graphene and Bismuth telluride flakes were studied and tested for the enhancement of PVDF membranes in MD and MCr...summary of the most interesting achievements is given and the behaviour of 2D materials functional membranes is described as a function of chemical composition and salt concentration as well as running conditions selected for membrane operations.