Multifunctional solar waterways: plasma‐enabled self‐cleaning nanoarchitectures for energy‐efficient desalination

S Wu, G Xiong, H Yang, B Gong, Y Tian… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evaporating seawater and separating salt from water is one of the most promising solutions
for global water scarcity. State‐of‐the‐art water desalination devices combining solar …

Biomass‐derived hybrid hydrogel evaporators for cost‐effective solar water purification

Y Guo, H Lu, F Zhao, X Zhou, W Shi… - Advanced materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar vapor generation has presented great potential for wastewater treatment and seawater
desalination with high energy conversion and utilization efficiency. However, technology …

Molecularly confined hydration in thermoresponsive hydrogels for efficient atmospheric water harvesting

W Guan, Y Zhao, C Lei, G Yu - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Water scarcity is a pressing global issue, requiring innovative solutions such as atmospheric
water harvesting (AWH), which captures moisture from the air to provide potable water to …

Highly efficient clean water production from contaminated air with a wide humidity range

H Yao, P Zhang, Y Huang, H Cheng, C Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The huge amount of moisture in the air is an unexplored and overlooked water resource in
nature, which can be useful to solve the worldwide water shortage. However, direct water …

Solar-powered nanostructured biopolymer hygroscopic aerogels for atmospheric water harvesting

M Wang, T Sun, D Wan, M Dai, S Ling, J Wang, Y Liu… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy powered sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a novel
strategy for obtaining fresh water in water-scarce regions. The major challenge is to design a …

[HTML][HTML] Rheologically controlled design of nature-inspired superhydrophobic and self-cleaning membranes for clean water production

KJ Lu, D Zhao, Y Chen, J Chang, TS Chung - npj Clean Water, 2020 - nature.com
Conventional fabrication technologies of superhydrophobic and self-cleaning membranes
for wastewater treatment often involve complex surface modifications, and massive usage of …

Architecting Janus hydrogel-fabric coupled evaporator for eliminating salt accumulation and highly efficient solar-driven brine desalination

H Zhou, L Han, M Yang, X Wu, J Li, H Ma, B Zhang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, a novel Janus photothermal hydrogel-fabric was developed by firmly formatting
surface hydrophobized porous photothermal hydrogel on a commercial cotton fabric in large …

Composite hydrogel-based photothermal self-pumping system with salt and bacteria resistance for super-efficient solar-powered water evaporation

Y Li, X Shi, L Sun, M Zhao, T Jiang, W Jiang, M Deng… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Synergistically increasing the solar adsorption/conversion, regulating the water transfer and
activation as well as resisting the fouling to enhance the solar-powered interfacial water …

[HTML][HTML] A highly efficient fog harvester of electrospun permanent superhydrophobic–hydrophilic polymer nanocomposite fiber mats

MN Uddin, FJ Desai, MM Rahman, R Asmatulu - Nanoscale advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
To address the worldwide issue of water scarcity, which is threatening our sustainable
economic development and ecological security, an efficient water-collecting surface with fast …

Photothermal membrane water treatment for two worlds

YS Jun, X Wu, D Ghim, Q Jiang, S Cao… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In meeting the increasing need for clean water in both developing and
developed countries and in rural and urban communities, photothermal membrane water …