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
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. About the editors - p. xv 8. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 9. Section 1: Solar distillation and photothermal materials - p. 1 10. 1. An overview of solar-driven water treatment technologies - p. 3 11. 2. Photothermal materials—solar-to-heat conversion phenomena - p. 37 12. 3. Preparation and characterization methods for photothermal materials - p. 83 13. Section 2: Design of solar water evaporators for desalination and wastewater treatment - p. 107 14. 4. 1D and 2D water channels for solar water evaporators - p. 109 15. 5. Three-dimensional and hierarchical solar water evaporators - p. 135 16. 6. Bioinspired designs for solar water evaporators - p. 159 17. 7. Solar-driven interfacial evaporators - p. 173 18. Section 3: Photothermal membrane for desalination and wastewater treatment - p. 211 19. 8. Photothermal membranes integrating solar evaporation with other separation processes - p. 213 20. 9. Photothermal membrane distillation - p. 225 21. Section 4: Photothermal and photocatalysis for water treatment - p. 257 22. 10. Photothermal-assisted photocatalytic degradation for wastewater treatment - p. 259 23. 11. Photothermal nanomaterials for solar water treatment - p. 285 24. 12. Photothermal antimicrobial materials for water disinfection - p. 331 25. 13. Prospects of Photothermal-Responsive Membranes in Solar-Intensified RO, NF, and UF Applications - p. 377 26. Index - p. 405
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
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. About the editors - p. xv 8. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 9. Section 1: Solar distillation and photothermal materials - p. 1 10. 1. An overview of solar-driven water treatment technologies - p. 3 11. 2. Photothermal materials—solar-to-heat conversion phenomena - p. 37 12. 3. Preparation and characterization methods for photothermal materials - p. 83 13. Section 2: Design of solar water evaporators for desalination and wastewater treatment - p. 107 14. 4. 1D and 2D water channels for solar water evaporators - p. 109 15. 5. Three-dimensional and hierarchical solar water evaporators - p. 135 16. 6. Bioinspired designs for solar water evaporators - p. 159 17. 7. Solar-driven interfacial evaporators - p. 173 18. Section 3: Photothermal membrane for desalination and wastewater treatment - p. 211 19. 8. Photothermal membranes integrating solar evaporation with other separation processes - p. 213 20. 9. Photothermal membrane distillation - p. 225 21. Section 4: Photothermal and photocatalysis for water treatment - p. 257 22. 10. Photothermal-assisted photocatalytic degradation for wastewater treatment - p. 259 23. 11. Photothermal nanomaterials for solar water treatment - p. 285 24. 12. Photothermal antimicrobial materials for water disinfection - p. 331 25. 13. Prospects of Photothermal-Responsive Membranes in Solar-Intensified RO, NF, and UF Applications - p. 377 26. Index - p. 405
