Novel durable, hybrid separation materials based on the PVDF support and single walled nanohorn (SWCNH) were generated by a facile and efficient method. Three types of SWCNH, pristine, treated with ultrasounds, and oxidized, were applied to cover the PVDF-material. The extended characterization of the produced materials provided a broad spectrum of data including morphology, textural properties, surface ζ potential and wettability features. For the first time, the defined materials were finally tested in the air gap membrane distillation process for desalination, and the improvement was observed comparing to the PVDF. It was revealed that via the simple pretreatment method of SWCNH, it was possible to control wettability and material performance. Very important finding was that the hybrid membranes exhibited the improved permeate flux for hybrids. The enhancement was in the range of 14–27% for materials with pristine and ultrasound treated SWCNH. However, for hybrids with oxidized SWCNH 23%-improvement in transport was observed. Owing to the significantly differentiated character of pristine and oxidized SWCNH and the presence of hydrophobic support inside the structure of hybrids, separation materials with the external layer ranging from hydrophilic (contact angle 6°) to superhydrophobic (contact angle 165°) features were created.

通过一种简便有效的方法产生了基于PVDF支撑和单壁纳米角（SWCNH）的新型耐用，混合分离材料。三种类型的SWCNH（原始的，经过超声波处理并被氧化的）被用于覆盖PVDF材料。所生产材料的扩展特性提供了广泛的数据，包括形态，质地特性，表面ζ电势和润湿性特征。最终，首次在气隙膜蒸馏过程中对所定义的材料进行了脱盐测试，与PVDF相比，这种改进得到了观察。据透露，通过SWCNH的简单预处理方法可以控制润湿性和材料性能。非常重要的发现是，杂化膜对杂种表现出改善的渗透通量。原始和超声处理的SWCNH材料的增强幅度在14–27％范围内。然而，对于具有氧化的SWCNH的杂种，在运输中观察到23％的改善。由于原始和氧化的SWCNH的显着区别特征以及杂化物结构内部存在疏水性支持物，因此形成了分离层，其外层的亲水性（接触角为6°）到超疏水性（接触角为165°）不等。