Due to the increase in worldwide population and urbanization, water scarcity is today one of the tough challenges of society. To date, several ongoing initiatives and strategies are aiming to find feasible alternatives to produce drinking water. Seawater desalination is addressed as a latent alternative to solve such an issue. When dealing with desalination, membrane-based technologies (such as reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, pervaporation, among others) have been successfully proposed. Pervaporation (PV) is likely the membrane operation with the less permeation rate but providing high rejection of salts. Thereby, “membranologists” are extensively working in developing new suitable membranes for pervaporation desalination. Therefore, the goal of this review paper is to elucidate and provide a comprehensive outlook of the most recent works (over the last 5-years) at developing new concepts of membranes (e.g. ultra-thin, mixed matrix/composite and inorganic) for desalination, as well as the relevant strategies in fabricating enhanced PV membranes. At this point, an important emphasis has been paid to the relevant insights in the field. This paper also addresses some principles of PV and the main drawbacks of the technique and its membranes. Through reviewing the literature, the future trends, needs, and recommendations for the new researchers are given.

由于全球人口的增加和城市化的发展，当今的水资源短缺已成为社会的严峻挑战之一。迄今为止，一些正在进行的倡议和战略旨在寻找可行的替代方法来生产饮用水。海水淡化被认为是解决该问题的潜在替代方法。在进行脱盐处理时，已经成功地提出了基于膜的技术（例如反渗透，膜蒸馏，全蒸发等）。渗透蒸发（PV）可能是膜操作的渗透率较低，但对盐的排斥率很高。因此，“膜学家”正在广泛地开发用于渗透蒸发淡化的新的合适膜。因此，本文的目的是阐明和提供对最近研究（过去5年）在开发用于海水淡化的膜（例如超薄，混合基质/复合材料和无机材料）的新概念方面的全面展望。以及制造增强型PV膜的相关策略。在这一点上，已经对该领域的相关见解给予了重要的重视。本文还讨论了PV的一些原理以及该技术及其膜的主要缺点。通过回顾文献，给出了新研究人员的未来趋势，需求和建议。已经对该领域的相关见解给予了重要的重视。本文还讨论了PV的一些原理以及该技术及其膜的主要缺点。通过回顾文献，给出了新研究人员的未来趋势，需求和建议。已经对该领域的相关见解给予了重要的重视。本文还讨论了PV的一些原理以及该技术及其膜的主要缺点。通过回顾文献，给出了新研究人员的未来趋势，需求和建议。