Successfully developed solar water purification method

Researchers from the University of Chicago (USA) have developed a new method that is considered to be pioneering based on solar distillation or accumulation of water to obtain pure water.

The researchers used organic covalent porphyrin (POF) organic membrane , a newly discovered layer of material, in the new method. POF films can grow on the surface of many other materials at different porosity levels and effectively evaporate high water vapor.

POF films can grow on the surface of many other materials at different porosity levels and effectively evaporate high water vapor.(Photo: news.uchicago.edu).

In the laboratory, POF has been shown to grow well both on the inside and outside of all experimental materials. Each sample demonstrates the ability to efficiently heat up, suggesting that the materials with POF components are mainly the promising accumulation of water vapor materials using solar energy.

The use of POF organic membranes proves very high efficiency in the laboratory. Scientists intend to conduct more experiments in the external environment to assess the actual POF effectiveness.

Experts assess that POF can grow on a variety of materials that can be used flexibly with all available materials. Both convenient and easy to develop, scientists believe that this method can completely apply the practice of pure water purification on a large scale.

Now scientists are still trying to implement the project on a larger scale. They also believe that POF will play a key role in new generation water filtration systems. The results of this innovative work have been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces.

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