Advances in Porous Hydrophobic Membrane Materials for Membrane Distillation

Dear Colleagues,

As a large quantity of the World’s population has been suffering from a lack of clean drinking water, membrane distillation has been playing an important role in desalination and water treatment in recent years. Therefore, it is important to further develop membrane distillation-related research.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Membranes.

The aim of this Special Issue is to gather recent advanced research on hydrophobic porous membranes targets for the membrane distillation process. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, membrane hydrophobicity improvement, new hydrophobic membrane structure design, anti-fouling and anti-wetting improvement, or the development of new membrane material for membrane distillation. Research could also focus on desalination or water treatment by membrane distillation, such as the treatment of industrial wastewater or other waters with pollutants. A possible research direction could also be the design of the membrane distillation configuration to improve the efficiency of the process, save energy input, or lower the total cost. We welcome the submission of research articles or reviews in the related area.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Alberto Figoli
Guest Editor

Xue Li
Guest Editor Assistant

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