Design of a separated solar interfacial evaporation system for simultaneous water and salt collection

K Chen, L Li, J Zhang - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) is very promising to alleviate the freshwater
scarcity issue. However, salt deposition on the sample surface will reduce evaporation …

Micro–nano water film enabled high-performance interfacial solar evaporation

Z Yu, Y Su, R Gu, W Wu, Y Li, S Cheng - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Interfacial solar evaporation holds great promise to address the freshwater shortage.
However, most interfacial solar evaporators are always filled with water throughout the …

Patterned surfaces for solar-driven interfacial evaporation

Y Luo, B Fu, Q Shen, W Hao, J Xu, M Min… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, as one of the most effective ways to convert and utilize
solar energy, has attracted lot of interest recently. Most of the previous research studies …

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 …

Transferring heat downward from the evaporation interface to accelerate solar vapor generation

J Lan, H Li, X Liu, S Wang, W Hong - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation (SIWE) is an important strategy for addressing the
world's freshwater shortage. However, the traditional evaporator typically localizes the heat …

A natural gain strategy of passive cycling water vapour escape toward efficient freshwater purification

L Mi, Z Zhang, X Zhang, C Han, W Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar interfacial evaporation offers an economical and efficient solution to the global
shortage of freshwater resources, and the introduction of the side evaporation surface brings …

Enhancing stability of interfacial solar evaporator in high-salinity solutions by managing salt precipitation with Janus-based directional salt transfer structure

R Gu, Z Yu, Y Sun, P Xie, Y Li, S Cheng - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The interfacial solar evaporator is promising for efficient clean water production. However, it
remains a challenge to achieve stable evaporation in high-salinity solutions and recover …

Leveraging hydrophilic hierarchical channels to regulate excessive water for high-efficiency solar steam yield

G Zhao, Z Wang, Y Chen, L Ren, L Pan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Both the solar absorptance and water content in solar-driven interface evaporation (SDIE)
devices are of equal importance for efficient solar steam yield and freshwater production, but …

All-day freshwater harvesting by selective solar absorption and radiative cooling

Z Xi, S Li, L Yu, H Yan, M Chen - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar interfacial evaporation for freshwater harvesting has received attention recently due to
its high evaporation rate and environmental friendliness. Traditional interfacial evaporation …

Tailoring surface wetting states for ultrafast solar-driven water evaporation

Y Guo, X Zhao, F Zhao, Z Jiao, X Zhou… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has significant potential to improve the energy utilization
efficiency and provides a means for sustainable seawater desalination and water …