Fabrication of α‐Si₃N₄‐nanowire/γ‐Y₂Si₂O₇ composite superhydrophobic membrane for membrane distillation

Abstract

This paper reports on the successful fabrication of α-Si 3 N 4 -nanowire/Y 2 Si 2 O 7 composite membranes with superhydrophobic properties, aiming to achieve a high performance in membrane distillation. The starting powder mixture of 87 wt% γ-Y 2 Si 2 O 7 , 5 wt% Si, 3 wt% LiYO 2 , and 5 wt% ferrocene catalyst was dispersed in a stable sus-How to cite this article: Yang M-Y, Dong B-B, Wang F-H, Xu X, Agathopoulos S. Fabrication of α-Si 3 N 4 -nanowire/γ-Y 2 Si 2 O 7 composite superhydrophobic membrane for membrane distillation. Int J Appl Ceram Technol. 2019;16:2173-2180. https://doi.