Citation: Yaqi Hou, Qianxiao Wang, Shuli Wang, Miao Wang, Xuemei Chen, Xu Hou. Hydrophilic carbon nanotube membrane enhanced interfacial evaporation for desalination[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(4): 2155-2158. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.007 shu

Hydrophilic carbon nanotube membrane enhanced interfacial evaporation for desalination

Yaqi Hou ^a ,
Qianxiao Wang ^a ,
Shuli Wang ^a ,
Miao Wang ^{c, *,} ,
Xuemei Chen ^d ,
Xu Hou ^{a, b, e, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
b.
Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research, Jiujiang Research Institute, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
c.
College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
d.
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
e.
Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory, Xiamen 361102, China

yong.ai@ncu.edu.cn

Received Date: 20 July 2021
Revised Date: 29 August 2021
Accepted Date: 2 September 2021
Available Online: 8 September 2021

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Carbon nanotube-based (CNT-based) interfacial evaporation material is one of the most potential materials for solar desalination. Here, we studied the evaporation rate of the CNT-based membranes with different hydrophilic and hydrophobic chemical modified surfaces using molecular dynamic simulations. We found that the hydrogen bonding density among water molecules at the interface is a key factor in enhancing the evaporation rate. For a hydrophilic CNT-based membrane, the strong interactions between the membrane outer surface and the water molecules can destroy the water-water hydrogen bonding interactions at the interface, resulting in the reduction of the hydrogen bonding density, leading to an enhancement effect in evaporation rate. We also found that there is an optimal thickness for evaporation membrane. These findings could provide some theoretical guidance for designing and exploring advanced CNT-based systems with more beneficial performance in water desalination.
- Hydrophilic surface chemistry,
- Carbon nanotube,
- Water evaporation,
- Desalination,
- Molecular dynamic simulation
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