US 11,999,634 B2
Evaporator for solar desalination, preparation method therefor and use thereof
Jian Lu, Guangdong (CN); and Zhengyi Mao, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, Guangdong (CN)
Filed by City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,283.
Claims priority of application No. 202210827506.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018017 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. C02F 1/14 (2023.01); C02F 1/04 (2023.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/043 (2013.01) [C02F 1/042 (2013.01); C02F 1/14 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2201/004 (2013.01); C02F 2303/22 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An evaporator, comprising:
a porous skeleton and a hydrophobic coating disposed on a surface of the porous skeleton,
wherein the porous skeleton contains interconnected channels,
wherein the porous skeleton comprises a plurality of layers of filaments, wherein each layer of filaments comprises an array of filaments and the filaments between two adjacent layers are arranged in a staggered manner, and
wherein the hydrophobic coating comprises an organopolysiloxane, a silane coupling agent, and an inorganic oxide.