A melanin-inspired robust aerogel for multifunctional water remediation

P Yang, W Bai, Y Zou, X Zhang, Y Yang, G Duan… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven vapor generation has emerged as a promising wastewater remediation
technology for clean water production. However, the complicated and diversified …

All-day fresh water harvesting by microstructured hydrogel membranes

Y Shi, O Ilic, HA Atwater, JR Greer - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Solar steam water purification and fog collection are two independent processes that could
enable abundant fresh water generation. We developed a hydrogel membrane that contains …

Poly(N-phenylglycine)-Based Bioinspired System for Stably and Efficiently Enhancing Solar Evaporation

Z Lin, T Wu, J Shi, B Zhou, C Zhu, Y Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Realizing high-efficiency solar evaporation has great potential for purification of sewage and
seawater desalination. However, continuous water supply, solar energy conversion, and …

A Lotus‐Petiole‐Inspired Hierarchical Design with Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Management for Enhanced Solar Water Purification

X Li, Y Tian, P Zhang, N Liu, H Zhai, J Ji… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven vapor generation offers an affordable and sustainable approach to solve global
freshwater scarcity. Creating interfacial solar evaporators capable of increasing water …

A bio-inspired nanocomposite membrane with improved light-trapping and salt-rejecting performance for solar-driven interfacial evaporation applications

P Ying, B Ai, W Hu, Y Geng, L Li, K Sun, SC Tan… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation is a rapid emerging technology to address the
global water crisis. Efficient solar absorption as well as robust salt-rejecting performance are …

Multi-bioinspired hierarchical Janus membrane for fog harvesting and solar-driven seawater desalination

Y Zhang, Y Cai, J Shi, H Morikawa, C Zhu - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Harvesting water from fog as well as the ocean provides an efficient and sustainable
solution for producing clean drinking water. Till now, many different water harvesting …

Bioinspired, Sustainable, High‐Efficiency Solar Evaporators for Sewage Purification

Z Wang, R Jin, S Zhang, X Han, P Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To alleviate the severe water crisis, an interfacial solar evaporator provides a promising
method to produce freshwater. Although many superior solar evaporators present high …

A bio-based nanofibre hydrogel filter for sustainable water purification

M Jiang, C Jing, C Lei, X Han, Y Wu, S Ling… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Removal of suspended solids (SS) is a prerequisite for delivering clean water. However,
removal of ultrafine SS during water purification in a cost-effective manner remains a global …

A covalent organic framework/graphene dual-region hydrogel for enhanced solar-driven water generation

C Li, S Cao, J Lutzki, J Yang, T Konegger… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven water generation is a sustainable water treatment technology, helping to relieve
global water scarcity issues. However, this technology faces great challenges due to the …

Super-hygroscopic calcium chloride/graphene oxide/poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) gels for spontaneous harvesting of atmospheric water and solar-driven water …

X Wang, D Yang, M Zhang, Q Hu, K Gao… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although atmospheric water harvesting is a promising approach for extracting clean water in
water deficient areas, most atmospheric water collectors require additional energy for …