Instead of filters, the team used a method known as ion concentration polarization (or ICP), which was developed by a group led by professor Jongoon Han (senior author of the paper) more than ten years ago. Rather than filtering water, the ICP method uses an electrical field to apply to membranes…
Link: Scientists created a mobile desalination unit that can convert salt water into drinking water without filters
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