This paper reports the fabrication of photothermal cryogels for freshwater production via the
solar-driven evaporation of seawater. Photothermal cryogels were prepared via in situ …

Conspectus Safe and adequate water is a global challenge due to the growing population
and pollution in the wake of natural disasters. Access to clean water is a cornerstone for the …

Solar-driven steam generation has been recognized as a sustainable and low-cost solution
to freshwater scarcity using abundant solar energy. To harvest freshwater, various interfacial …

Photothermal materials (PTMs) based solar steam generation is one of the most promising
technologies to mitigate global clean water shortages. Compared to 2D photothermal …

Improving evaporation rate is extremely important to promote the application of solar steam
generation in clean water production through seawater desalination. However, the …

Solar‐driven interfacial steam generation serves as an alternative strategy to alleviate the
emergency of the global freshwater shortage. Compared to traditional 2D evaporators, 3D …

Interfacial evaporation is gaining popularity as a facile and effective method for harvesting
solar energy and yielding freshwater from sewage and seawater. However, challenges exist …

Cost management and scalable fabrication without sacrificing the purification performance
are two critical issues that should be addressed before the practical commercial application …

Delivering sufficient water to the evaporation surface/interface is one of the most widely
adopted strategies to overcome salt accumulation in solar‐driven interfacial desalination …

Hydrogel-based evaporators that incorporate photothermal materials with hydrophilic
polymer networks have been intensively studied for the promising solar-driven seawater …