Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Recent advances in carbon‐based materials for solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water evaporation: assemblies, structures, applications, and …

Y Li, Y Shi, H Wang, T Liu, X Zheng, S Gao… - Carbon Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of fresh water in the world has brought upon a serious crisis to human health
and economic development. Solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water …

3D hydrogel evaporator with vertical radiant vessels breaking the trade‐off between thermal localization and salt resistance for solar desalination of high‐salinity

X Liu, F Chen, Y Li, H Jiang, DD Mishra, F Yu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Dual‐zone photothermal evaporator for antisalt accumulation and highly efficient solar steam generation

X Wu, Y Wang, P Wu, J Zhao, Y Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generation offers a promising and cost‐effective way for saline water
desalination. However, salt accumulation and deposition on photothermal materials during …

Cellular Structured CNTs@SiO2 Nanofibrous Aerogels with Vertically Aligned Vessels for Salt‐Resistant Solar Desalination

X Dong, L Cao, Y Si, B Ding, H Deng - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging solar desalination technology is considered as one of the most promising
strategies to ensure water security. However, with the proceeding of solar desalination, salt …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities for solar evaporation

C Chen, Y Kuang, L Hu - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Solar evaporation is an ancient technology that has regained tremendous attention because
of the abundance of solar energy, widely available water sources, and facile facilities in …

Salt mitigation strategies of solar‐driven interfacial desalination

K Xu, C Wang, Z Li, S Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial desalination (SDID), which is based on localized heating and
interfacial evaporation, provides an opportunity for developing environmentally friendly and …

A high‐performance self‐regenerating solar evaporator for continuous water desalination

Y Kuang, C Chen, S He, EM Hitz, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging solar desalination by interfacial evaporation shows great potential in response to
global water scarcity because of its high solar‐to‐vapor efficiency, low environmental …

A multiscale porous 3D‐fabric evaporator with vertically aligned yarns enables ultra‐efficient and continuous water desalination

Z Lei, S Zhu, X Sun, S Yu, X Liu, K Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generation has emerged as an environment‐friendly and promising strategy to
overcome the freshwater and energy crisis. However, simultaneously attaining the satisfied …