Exploiting the Interplay between Liquid-Liquid Demixing and Crystallization of the PVDF Membrane for Membrane Distillation

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<div>Flux and salt rejection of resulting membranes positioned under the (a) top layer facing feed and (b) top layer facing permeate. The tests were performed using seawater at 65°C as the feed and cold side temperature of 25°C.</div>

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Figure 7: Exploiting the Interplay between Liquid-Liquid Demixing and Crystallization of the PVDF Membrane for Membrane Distillation 