US 11,717,792 B2
Materials and methods for photothermal membrane distillation
Young-Shin Jun, St. Louis, MO (US); Srikanth Singamaneni, St. Louis, MO (US); Xuanhao Wu, St. Louis, MO (US); and Qisheng Jiang, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/939,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,907, filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0023505 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 71/34 (2006.01); B01D 69/02 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2023.01); B01D 69/14 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 67/0093 (2013.01) [B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 69/144 (2013.01); B01D 71/34 (2013.01); C02F 1/447 (2013.01); B01D 2325/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photothermal membrane comprising tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl-trichlorosilane (FTCS) and a polydopamine (PDA) coated, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane.