Nano-enabled solar driven-interfacial evaporation: Advanced design and opportunities

X Zhao, X Meng, H Zou, Y Zhang, Y Ma, Y Du, Y Shao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) is emerging as a promising pathway to solving
the worldwide water shortage and water pollution. Nanomaterials (eg, plasmonic metals …

Hydrogel use in burn therapy, thermal management, wastewater treatment and fire fighting: a review

J You, Z Xue, Z He, Y Yan, Z Zhang - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Springer
Hydrogels are 3-dimensional polymeric networks with unique properties of high flexibility
and high water content, and are thus advanced materials for applications in medicine …

Solar steam-driven membrane filtration for high flux water purification

X Wang, Z Lin, J Gao, Z Xu, X Li, N Xu, J Li, Y Song… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, interfacial solar steam generation has shown great potential for desalination
with high solar-to-steam conversion efficiency. However, the freshwater production rate is …

A Bionic‐Gill 3D Hydrogel Evaporator with Multidirectional Crossflow Salt Mitigation and Aquaculture Applications

L Zhang, Y Zhang, M Zou, C Yu, C Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, interfacial solar‐driven steam generation has gained huge attention as a
sustainable and energy‐efficient technology. However, salt scaling on and inside the …

Light-trapping texture bio-hydrogel with anti-biofouling and antibacterial properties for efficient solar desalination

AM Saleque, MNAS Ivan, S Ahmed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The light-trapping texture on the surface of the photothermal evaporator for an interfacial
steam generation has been largely overlooked so far. Here, we present a novel light …

MXene-decorated magnetic phase-change microcapsules for solar-driven continuous seawater desalination with easy salt accumulation elimination

H Liu, D Tian, Z Zheng, X Wang, Z Qian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporators provide a powerful means for rapid wastewater
purification and seawater desalination. However, there is still an immense challenge in …

Plants transpiration-inspired antibacterial evaporator with multiscale structure and low vaporization enthalpy for solar steam generation

J Wang, Z Chen, L Feng, F Yu, C Ran, N Xu, Z Jia, C Li… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven vapor generation by localized solar heating of a photothermal material is an
environmentally friendly approach for seawater desalination and wastewater purification. In …

Low‐Grade Waste Heat Enables Over 80 L m2 h−1 Interfacial Steam Generation Based on 3D Superhydrophilic Foam

K Zhu, Q Liao, X Hao, H Yao, J Bai, T Guang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Clean water scarcity and energy shortage have become urgent global problems due to
population growth and human industrial development. Low‐grade waste heat (LGWH) is a …

[HTML][HTML] 3d-printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for salt-free water desalination

L Chen, S He, W Huang, D Liu, T Bi, C Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination based on interfacial evaporation has been proven promising in producing
clean water. However, so far, the lack of a facile preparation strategy and effective salt …

A polyelectrolyte hydrogel coated loofah sponge evaporator based on Donnan effect for highly efficient solar-driven desalination

X Wang, L Zhang, D Zheng, X Xu, B Bai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is considered an efficient way to alleviate the global shortage of
freshwater resources. However, the salt accumulation on the surface of solar absorbers …