Research Article
Exploiting the Interplay between Liquid-Liquid Demixing and Crystallization of the PVDF Membrane for Membrane Distillation
Table 1
Summary of the developed PVDF membrane properties.
| | Membrane code | Dope solution temperature (°C) | Thickness (μm) | Porosity (%) | Contact angle (°) | | Top | Bottom |
| | PVDF-25 | 25 | 333.0 ± 5.3 | 83.2 ± 0.4 | 77.4 ± 1.8 | 104.6 ± 3.5 | | PVDF-40 | 40 | 280.4 ± 8.6 | 78.0 ± 1.1 | 77.2 ± 3.3 | 113.8 ± 8.4 | | PVDF-60 | 60 | 250.2 ± 6.1 | 73.3 ± 1.1 | 80.4 ± 3.0 | 121.8 ± 4.1 | | PVDF-80 | 80 | 265.8 ± 6.9 | 76.0 ± 1.0 | 82.8 ± 3.7 | 120.2 ± 7.3 | | PVDF-100 | 100 | 276.0 ± 10.0 | 77.5 ± 1.3 | 75.6 ± 6.1 | 114.2 ± 4.1 |
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