Water bridge solar evaporator with salt-resistance and heat localization for efficient desalination

YQ Luo, F Song, XL Wang, YZ Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Inadequate freshwater supply in remote and developing areas has motivated the growing
demand for cost-effective and efficient desalination technologies. Solar-driven interfacial …

A nature-inspired suspended solar evaporator for water desalination of high-salinity brines

YQ Luo, F Song, JM Wu, F Wang, XL Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an environmental-friendly and cost-effective technology, interfacial evaporation mediated
by photo-thermal materials has shown great potential in solar desalination and wastewater …

A diode‐like scalable asymmetric solar evaporator with ultra‐high salt resistance

Y Yang, H Feng, W Que, Y Qiu, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passive solar‐driven interfacial evaporation is an environmental‐friendly approach for
seawater desalination. However, non‐volatile salts usually precipitate on the evaporator …

Spontaneous salt-preventing solar–thermal water evaporator with a high evaporation efficiency through dual-mode water transfer

P Yuan, C Men, L Zhao, P Cao, Z Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the abundant solar energy and the emergence of photothermal conversion
equipment, solar-driven water evaporation has shown great potential in seawater …

Double-sided suspending evaporator with top water supply for concurrent solar evaporation and salt harvesting

X Ma, X Jia, G Yao, D Wen - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar evaporation of seawater is promising to mitigate the fresh water scarcity problem in a
green and sustainable way. However, salt accumulation on the photothermal material …

A self-rotating solar evaporator for continuous and efficient desalination of hypersaline brine

Y Xia, Y Li, S Yuan, Y Kang, M Jian, Q Hou… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Benefiting from wide solar energy access and high energy conversion efficiency, solar-
driven interfacial water evaporation has shown great potential in critical separation …

Highly Salt-Resistant interfacial solar evaporators based on Melamine@ Silicone nanoparticles for stable Long-Term desalination and water harvesting

X Huang, L Li, X Zhao, J Zhang - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar-driven evaporation (ISE) is one of the most promising solutions for collecting
fresh water, however, poor salt-resistance severely limits the long-term stability of solar …

Recent research advances in efficient solar-driven interfacial evaporation

M Zhou, L Zhang, S Tao, R Li, Y Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Inspired by the natural water cycle, solar-driven interfacial evaporation for direct freshwater
generation is considered as a sustainable and prospective desalination technology that can …

Pyramid-shaped solar evaporator with high-efficient interfacial evaporation and salt harvesting capability

Y Li, J Zhu, J Liu, S Guo, J Liu, S Lu, B Song - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation shows significant potential for addressing challenges
associated with freshwater shortages and environmental pollution. In this study, a series of …

Three-dimensional open architecture enabling salt-rejection solar evaporators with boosted water production efficiency

K Yang, T Pan, S Dang, Q Gan, Y Han - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Direct solar desalination exhibits considerable potential for alleviating the global freshwater
crisis. However, the prevention of salt accumulation while maintaining high water production …