Desalination via pervaporation has been considered as an attractive membrane process for obtaining clean water from non-potable saline sources, which has advantages, i.e., it is superior in salt rejection and has the capability of coping with high-salinity feed solutions. In the pervaporation process, the membrane material plays the key factor because it is governing the overall efficiency. This overview of nanocomposite pervaporation membranes for desalination mostly emphasizes on membrane materials, the effect of operating parameters on pervaporation performance, and the current research towards the development of nanocomposite membrane. Nearly all types of membranes ever stated in pervaporation desalination are mentioned, based on polymers, inorganic materials and hybrid organic-inorganic materials (nanocomposite) with their performance in terms of water flux and salt rejection.

通过全蒸发法脱盐被认为是一种从非饮用水盐源中获得纯净水的有吸引力的膜工艺，该工艺具有优势，即，其脱盐性能优越，并且具有应对高盐度进料溶液的能力。在渗透过程中，膜材料起着关键作用，因为它决定着整体效率。该用于脱盐的纳米复合渗透膜的概述主要着重于膜材料，操作参数对渗透性能的影响以及纳米复合膜发展的当前研究。基于聚合物，几乎提到了在全蒸发脱盐中提到过的几乎所有类型的膜，