Advances in solar evaporator materials for freshwater generation

S Cao, Q Jiang, X Wu, D Ghim, HG Derami… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To alleviate the scarcity of clean water, solar steam generation, which utilizes the green and
abundant resources of Earth, has attracted considerable attention and been recognized as a …

Bioinspired structural and functional designs towards interfacial solar steam generation for clean water production

X Dong, S Gao, S Li, T Zhu, J Huang… - Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fresh water shortage is rapidly emerging as a global crisis, threatening the future
development of human society. Extracting fresh water from seawater, wastewater and even …

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

F Zhao, Y Guo, X Zhou, W Shi, G Yu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Solar-powered water evaporation—the extraction of vapour from liquid water using solar
energy—provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and cost-effective freshwater …

Interfacial solar evaporation for water production: from structure design to reliable performance

H Bai, T Zhao, M Cao - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacial solar evaporation has emerged as a convenient and efficient strategy for
harvesting solar energy, and shows promising application in the fields of water purification …

Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production

M Gao, L Zhu, CK Peh, GW Ho - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and high conversion efficiency have
recently attracted significant interest. They are becoming a fast-growing research focus in …

Photothermal membrane distillation toward solar water production

M Gao, CK Peh, FL Meng, GW Ho - Small Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater production is one of the biggest global challenges today. Though desalination
can provide a climate‐independent source of clean water, the process requires a high …

Recent advances in solar-driven evaporation systems

Z Xu, Z Li, Y Jiang, G Xu, M Zhu, WC Law… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, energy and the environment have become critical issues for determining the
sustainability of the Earth. Freshwater crises, as an increasingly serious global problem …

Innovative salt-blocking technologies of photothermal materials in solar-driven interfacial desalination

F Nawaz, Y Yang, S Zhao, M Sheng, C Pan… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, the rapid development of solar water evaporation has been achieved,
focusing on low-cost and energy water desalination. For this purpose, different photothermal …

Towards highly salt-rejecting solar interfacial evaporation: Photothermal materials selection, structural designs, and energy management

Z Wei, J Wang, S Guo, SC Tan - Nano Research Energy, 2022 - sciopen.com
With the development of the industry, water pollution and shortage have become serious
global problems. Owing to the abundance of seawater storage on earth, efficient solar …

Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications

L Zhu, M Gao, CKN Peh, GW Ho - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar water evaporation plays a central role in low-energy fresh water production which is
essential for both human health and economic development. The utilization of photothermal …