Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

Passive, high-efficiency thermally-localized solar desalination

L Zhang, Z Xu, L Zhao, B Bhatia, Y Zhong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar desalination holds significant promise for the water-energy nexus. Recent advances in
passive solar desalination using thermal localization show great potential for high-efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal pattern of greenhouse gas emissions in China's wastewater sector and pathways towards carbon neutrality

WJ Du, JY Lu, YR Hu, J Xiao, C Yang, J Wu, B Huang… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the wastewater sector are a major contributor to the
overall GHG emissions of all countries, however, there is currently a lack of global, national …

An environmental energy-enhanced solar steam evaporator derived from MXene-decorated cellulose acetate cigarette filter with ultrahigh solar steam generation …

W Li, X Tian, X Li, J Liu, C Li, X Feng, C Shu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although solar energy is promising for water purification, there is still a room for further
improving the solar steam generation efficiency. Herein, an environmental energy-enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic surface engineering for sustainable water harvesting systems

Y Wang, W Zhao, M Han, J Xu, KC Tam - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Freshwater scarcity is becoming a global issue due to changing climatic conditions, which
has stimulated the development of all-weather water harvesting technologies. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Three dimensional graphene composites: preparation, morphology and their multi-functional applications

W Xiao, B Li, J Yan, L Wang, X Huang, J Gao - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Three dimensional (3D) graphene-based hybrid materials are currently arousing
much interest and have found many potential applications in wide fields. 3D graphene can …

Recent progress and challenges in faradic capacitive desalination: from mechanism to performance

Z Hao, X Sun, J Chen, X Zhou, Y Zhang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to substantial consumption and widespread contamination of the available freshwater
resources, green, economical, and sustainable water recycling technologies are urgently …

Harvesting solar energy by flowerlike carbon cloth nanocomposites for simultaneous generation of clean water and electricity

Y Xu, Z Guo, J Wang, Z Chen, J Yin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Harvesting solar energy for photothermal conversion in an efficient manner for steam-
electricity cogeneration is particularly opportune in the context of comprehensive solar …

Addressing global water stress using desalination and atmospheric water harvesting: a thermodynamic and technoeconomic perspective

JD Kocher, AK Menon - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater is a critical resource but excessive withdrawal of natural reserves and inefficient
water management, as well as climate change and pollution have resulted in global water …