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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, SA;
Lieu Ngoc Le, Thuwal, SA;
Murthy Srivatsa Bettahalli Narasimha, Thuwal, SA;
Suzana Nunes, Thuwal, SA;
Tai-Shung Chung, Thuwal, SA;
KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal, SA;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for composite materials, methods of making composite materials, methods of using composite materials, and the like. In particular, the present application relates to hollow fibers and to pressure-retarded osmosis systems comprising said fibers. The hollow fibers have an inside layer and an outside layer, wherein the outside layer covers an outside surface of the inside layer, wherein the inside layer forms a boundary around the lumen, wherein the inside layer includes a bi-layer structure, wherein the bi-layer structure includes a sponge-like layer and a finger-like layer, wherein the sponge-like layer is disposed closer to the lumen of the hollow fiber and the finger-like layer is disposed on the sponge-like layer on the side opposite the lumen, wherein the outside layer includes a polyamide layer.