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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2019.018</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2019.018</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>Nonsolvent-induced phase separation synthesis of membrane via electro-spraying for desalination</article-title></title-group>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Su</surname><given-names>Qian-wen</given-names></name>
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        <email>Ceqianwen.su@mail.scut.edu.cn</email>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Zhang</surname><given-names>Li-Zhi</given-names></name>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Riffat</surname><given-names>Saffa</given-names></name>
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        <email>Saffa.riffat@nottingham.ac.uk</email>
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      <aff id="aff1">Environmental Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Environmental Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Environmental Technology Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture &amp; Built Environment, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK</aff>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>10</day><month>02</month><year>2020</year></pub-date>
      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">978-0-85358-331-8</isbn>
      <fpage>176</fpage>
      <lpage>182</lpage>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://caravelpress.com/proceedings/set/papers/2019.018"/>
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        <date date-type="received"><string-date>10 February 2020</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2019 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
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      <abstract><p>Superhydrophobic membranes with excellent water repellence property are good candidates for membrane distillation. In the field of polymer membranes, nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) is a common strategy to produce porous structures after the removal of solvents. Inspired by the theoretical research, we have reported a facile method to fabricate a superhydrophobic microporous membrane for desalination which combined nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) and electro-spraying. In this paper, a novel poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membrane with a micro/nanoscale hierarchical structure has been prepared. Before electro-spraying, an appropriate amount of nonsolvent which did not cause phase separation was mixed with polymer solution. During the electro-spraying, the composition changed, and phase separation occurred owing to the volatility of solvent and nonsolvent, thus creating porous structures with high permeability and a contact angle of 152.4°, which were ideal for direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) application. By changing the composition of three phase, different membrane morphology could be obtained. The resultant nanofibrous membranes exhibited high permeability and superhydrophobicity. The facile and scalable strategy might be applied to fabricate superhydrophobic and highly permeable membranes for desalination applications.</p></abstract>
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        <kwd>superhydrophobicity</kwd>
        <kwd>PVDF</kwd>
        <kwd>electro-spraying</kwd>
        <kwd>nonsolvent</kwd>
        <kwd>desalination</kwd>
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      <conference>
        <conf-date>20 to 22 August 2019</conf-date>
        <conf-name>18th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2019</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>18</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</conf-loc>
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