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Category: Desalination

Posted on July 13, 2019

TIFR desalinates seawater without using electricity

TIFR researchers have produced gold nanoparticles that can absorb sunlight over the entire visible region and even the near infrared light. They used such gold nanoparticles to absorb energy from…

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Posted on February 3, 2018

IIT Guwahati achieves greater desalination efficiency using crystalline carbon dots

IIT Guwahati researchers have increased the efficiency of desalination to nearly 84% by using crystalline carbon dots and exposing them to simulated solar conditions. The carbon dots doped with nitrogen, sulphur and…

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Posted on November 11, 2017November 12, 2017

IIT Bombay’s superior water filter needs very little power

Electrodes made of copper plates wound with cellulose thread coated with carbon nanotubes for capacitive deionisation and placed close to each other achieved 84% efficiency in ion removal. With power requirement…

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Posted on April 3, 2017April 4, 2017

Indian researchers use graphene sieves to turn seawater into drinking water

Producing potable water through desalination may become more efficient and less energy intensive if researchers at the University of Manchester are able to successfully use graphene oxide (GO) membranes to…

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