
Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment
- 1st Edition - January 24, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Jaydevsinh M. Gohil, Kingshuk Dutta
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 7 8 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 7 8 9 - 0
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Request a sales quotePhotothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment provides a comprehensive understanding of the chemistry of different photothermal materials, mechanistic pathways for light-to-heat energy conversion, design, and development of various 3D evaporation systems configurations, and photothermal membranes for water treatment. The book contributes to the understanding of photothermal materials to system design for efficient solar-to-heat conversion and solar-steam generation and paves the way forward to meet increasing freshwater demand through a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach.
The book provides an in-depth introduction to emerging concepts such as steam generation; gives the basics of solar light and solar-light-adsorbing materials’ function, efficiency, and applications; discusses the preparation of photothermal materials and membranes; analyzes the key characteristic properties of photothermal materials; elaborates on water evaporation using nature-inspired system design; and highlights the key commercialization approaches and technologies.
This book is an excellent resource for chemical engineers, materials scientists, energy technologists, environmentalists, policymakers, and regulatory bodies working on water treatment, wastewater decontamination, photothermal materials and membranes, photocatalytic materials, membrane separation, and membrane filtration.
Provides the fundamental aspects of solar-driven water treatment technologies, and photothermal membranes and materials
Provides a comprehensive analysis of solar water evaporator design, choice and development of photothermal membranes, and materials for solar-driven water treatment
Discusses the performance parameters of photothermal membranes and materials to evaluate their efficacy in solar-driven water treatment processes
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1: Solar distillation and photothermal materials
- 1. An overview of solar-driven water treatment technologies
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Solar energy and water treatment-related terminologies
- 1.3 Solar-driven water treatment technologies and processes
- 1.4 Solar-powered membrane processes
- 1.5 Photothermal materials
- 1.6 Design aspects of solar water evaporators
- 1.7 Photothermal materials for water treatment
- 1.8 Conclusion
- References
- 2. Photothermal materials—solar-to-heat conversion phenomena
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Photothermal materials
- 2.3 Membranes
- 2.4 Conclusion
- References
- 3. Preparation and characterization methods for photothermal materials
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Synthesis of photothermal materials
- 3.3 Characterization of photothermal materials
- 3.4 Conclusion and outlook
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Section 2: Design of solar water evaporators for desalination and wastewater treatment
- 4. 1D and 2D water channels for solar water evaporators
- Abstract
- 4.1 Evaporation as a surface phenomenon
- 4.2 Heat localization mechanisms
- 4.3 Water transport mechanisms
- 4.4 Energy and mass balance for 1D evaporators
- 4.5 Energy and mass balance for 2D evaporators
- 4.6 Mass balances: solute transport
- 4.7 Salt management strategies
- 4.8 Salt-flushing
- 4.9 Salt-shielding
- 4.10 Salting-out
- 4.11 Outlook
- References
- 5. Three-dimensional and hierarchical solar water evaporators
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 3D Evaporators
- 5.3 Hierarchical structures
- 5.4 Performance metrics and figures of merit
- 5.5 Conclusion and outlook
- References
- 6. Bioinspired designs for solar water evaporators
- Abstract
- 6.1 Natural biomass-based solar water evaporators
- 6.2 Bioinspired tailored material and evaporation system designs
- 6.3 Conclusions
- References
- 7. Solar-driven interfacial evaporators
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Strategies to improve evaporation efficiency
- 7.3 Structural design of the evaporator
- 7.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Section 3: Photothermal membrane for desalination and wastewater treatment
- 8. Photothermal membranes integrating solar evaporation with other separation processes
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Solar evaporation coupled with membrane sieving
- 8.3 Solar evaporation coupled with absorption/catalysis
- 8.4 Solar evaporation coupled with crystallization
- 8.5 Other processes
- 8.6 Summary and perspective
- References
- 9. Photothermal membrane distillation
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Membrane distillation
- 9.3 Photothermal membrane distillation
- 9.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Section 4: Photothermal and photocatalysis for water treatment
- 10. Photothermal-assisted photocatalytic degradation for wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Photocatalysis
- 10.3 Photothermal catalysis
- 10.4 Classification of photothermal catalysts
- 10.5 Photothermal catalysis for wastewater treatment
- 10.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 11. Photothermal nanomaterials for solar water treatment
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Fundamental mechanisms of photothermal conversion
- 11.3 Solar water treatment
- 11.4 Conclusion and outlook
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 12. Photothermal antimicrobial materials for water disinfection
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Types of photothermal materials
- 12.3 Antimicrobial mechanism of photothermal materials
- 12.4 Water disinfection application
- 12.5 Future development trends
- 12.6 Conclusion and prospects
- Declaration of competing interests
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 13. Prospects of Photothermal-Responsive Membranes in Solar-Intensified RO, NF, and UF Applications
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Fundamentals of photothermal effect
- 13.3 Application of photothermal materials and membranes
- 13.4 Key photothermal materials in RO/NF/UF Membrane
- 13.5 Components of photothermal membrane system
- 13.6 Techniques for integration of photothermal materials into membrane
- 13.7 Photothermal membranes for enhanced performance
- 13.8 Photothermal membranes in oil/water separation
- 13.9 Future prospects, challenges, and conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 24, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 450
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443217883
- eBook ISBN: 9780443217890
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