Ionic liquid enables highly efficient low temperature desalination by directional solvent extraction

Jiaji Guo; Zachary D. Tucker; Yu Wang; Brandon L. Ashfeld; Tengfei Luo

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20706-y

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Ionic liquid enables highly efficient low temperature desalination by directional solvent extraction

Jiaji Guo,
Zachary D. Tucker,
Yu Wang,
Brandon L. Ashfeld,
Tengfei Luo

Affiliations

Jiaji Guo: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Zachary D. Tucker: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Yu Wang: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Brandon L. Ashfeld: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Tengfei Luo: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20706-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Directional Solvent Extraction is an emerging non-membrane desalination technology for sea water desalination but is limited by throughput and energy efficiency. Here, the authors demonstrate that the production rate and energy efficiency can be increased by using ionic liquids as directional solvent.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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