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  • Title: Solar-driven desalination using salt-rejecting plasmonic cellulose nanofiber membrane.
    Author: Ku BJ, Kim DH, Yasin AS, Mnoyan A, Kim MJ, Kim YJ, Ra H, Lee K.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2023 Mar 15; 634():543-552. PubMed ID: 36549203.
    Abstract:
    Solar-driven steam generation is a promising, renewable, effective, and environment-friendly technology for desalination and water purification. However, steam generation from seawater causes severe salt formation on the photothermal material, which hinders long-term and large-scale practical applications. In this study, we develop salt-rejecting plasmonic cellulose-based membranes (CMNF-NP) composed of an optimized ratio of Au/Ag nanoparticles, cellulose micro/nanofibers, and polyethyleneimine for efficient solar-driven desalination. The CMNF-NP exhibits a water evaporation rate of 1.31 kg m-2h-1 (82.1% of solar-to-vapor conversion efficiency) for distilled water under 1-sun. The CMNF-NP shows a comparable evaporation rate for 3.5 wt% brine, which has been maintained for 10 h; the evaporation rate of the filter paper-based counterpart severely decreases because of salt-scaling. The efficient salt-rejecting capability of the CMNF-NP membrane is attributed to the compact structure and electrostatic repulsion of cationic ions of salt that originate from cellulose nanofibers and the amine-functionalized polymer, polyethyleneimine, as a structural binder. This simple fabrication method of casting the CMNF-NP solution on the substrate followed by drying allows a facile coating of a highly efficient and salt-rejecting photothermal membrane on various practical substrates.
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