Solar-thermal desalination (STD) is a potentially low-cost, sustainable approach for
providing high-quality fresh water in the absence of water and energy infrastructures …

Silica aerogels are advanced materials with outstanding properties, including high specific
surface area and porosity, low thermal conductivity, density, dielectric constant, and …

The development of multifunctional and efficient electromagnetic wave absorbing materials
is a challenging research hotspot. Here, the magnetized Ni flower/MXene hybrids are …

Highlights The eco-friendly shaddock peel-derived carbon aerogels were prepared by a
freeze-drying method. Multiple functions such as thermal insulation, compression resistance …

Multifunctionalization is the future development direction for microwave absorbing materials,
but has not yet been explored. The effective integration of multiple functions into one …

Given the complex practical environment and application fields, it is urgent to integrate
various functions into one material. Based on the introduction of nano-sites, the creation of …

Solar–thermal water evaporation (SWE) has received much interest in recent years due to a
few seminal works on materials innovation and thermal management. With many studies …

Taking serious microwave pollution issues and the complex application environment into
consideration, it is quite urgent to integrate several functions into one material …

Silica aerogels hold remarkable properties, particularly their translucence/transparency and
extremely low thermal conductivity and density, for buildings thermal insulation purpose …

Although electrically conductive polymer composites (ECPCs) are promising in the
application of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, how to endow the ECPCs …