Solar energy is a green, sustainable, and de facto inexhaustible energy source for mankind.
The conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy has attracted extensive research …

Since black silicon was discovered by coincidence, the special material was explored for
many amazing material characteristics in optical, surface topography, and so on. Because of …

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 …

The rapid development of photothermal materials and their integrated systems has fostered
recent technology breakthroughs in solar evaporation for both steam and power generation …

Recently, various titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures have received increasing attention
in the fields of energy conversion and storage owing to their electrochemical properties …

Ever since the discovery of black silicon, scientists around the world have been trying to
come up with novel, cost-effective methods of utilizing this super material in a variety of …

Solar water evaporation is an economical and sustainable solution to produce clean water
via the heat localization of photothermal conversion. However, it remains a great challenge …

Solar interface water evaporation has been demonstrated to be an advanced method for
freshwater production with high solar energy utilization. The development of evaporators …

As a typical representative of micro/nano-textured silicon, black silicon has excellent light
absorption properties and is gradually surfacing as a substitute for standard silicon in …

Achieving solar-heating-enabled sustainable water purification from seawater is considered
a promising strategy for alleviating the water crisis worldwide. Since preventing salt …