Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment

Photothermal 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

Section 1: Solar distillation and photothermal materials1. Overview of solar driven water treatment technologies2. Photothermal materials - solar-to-heat conversion phenomena3. Preparation methods for photothermal materials4. Specific properties and standard methods for photothermal material analysesSection 2: Design of solar water evaporators for desalination and wastewater treatment5. 1D and 2D water channels for water evaporators6. 3D and hierarchical solar water evaporators7. Bioinspired designs for solar water evaporators8. Solar-driven interfacial evaporatorsSection 3: Photothermal membrane for desalination and wastewater treatment9. Photothermal membrane distillation10. Photothermal responsive (solar-intensified) RO membrane11. Photothermal responsive (solar-intensified) NF membrane12. Photothermal responsive (solar-intensified) UF membraneSection 4: Photothermal and photocatalysis for water treatment13. Photothermal-assisted photocatalytic degradation for wastewater treatment14. Photothermal nanomaterials for solar water treatment15. Biomass-based photothermal materials for water treatment16. Photothermal antimicrobial materials for water disinfection