Cellulose nanopaper: fabrication, functionalization, and applications

W Liu, K Liu, H Du, T Zheng, N Zhang, T Xu, B Pang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose nanopaper has shown great potential in diverse fields including optoelectronic
devices, food packaging, biomedical application, and so forth, owing to their various …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

3D-printed hierarchical porous cellulose/alginate/carbon black hydrogel for high-efficiency solar steam generation

J Yuan, X Lei, C Yi, H Jiang, F Liu, GJ Cheng - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar steam generation (SSG) has great application prospects in seawater desalination and
dye wastewater treatment. However, it is still a challenge to realize a low-cost, rapid …

Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment

I Ibrahim, DH Seo, AM McDonagh, HK Shon, L Tijing - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity issues around the world have renewed interest in the use of solar water
evaporation as a means of providing fresh water. Advances in photothermal materials and …

A review on photothermal material and its usage in the development of photothermal membrane for sustainable clean water production

NS Fuzil, NH Othman, NH Alias, F Marpani… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Tapping into solar energy seems to be a viable and sustainable solution for the ongoing
global challenges of water scarcity and clean energy shortage. However, the natural …

Recent advanced self-propelling salt-blocking technologies for passive solar-driven interfacial evaporation desalination systems

M Sheng, Y Yang, X Bin, S Zhao, C Pan, F Nawaz… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional active seawater evaporation technologies, that is, they include components
with mechanical moving parts, generally involve large plants with high capital and operating …

Photothermal membrane distillation toward solar water production

M Gao, CK Peh, FL Meng, GW Ho - Small Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater production is one of the biggest global challenges today. Though desalination
can provide a climate‐independent source of clean water, the process requires a high …

Membranes in Solar‐Driven Evaporation: Design Principles and Applications

HC Yang, F Lu, HN Li, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven evaporation process brings exciting opportunities to recover clean water and
resources in a sustainable way from diverse sources like seawater and wastewater …

3D printing for membrane separation, desalination and water treatment

LD Tijing, JRC Dizon, I Ibrahim, ARN Nisay… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing or commonly known as 3D printing is driving innovation in many
industries and academic research including the water resource sector. The capability of 3D …

Advances in solar evaporator materials for freshwater generation

S Cao, Q Jiang, X Wu, D Ghim, HG Derami… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To alleviate the scarcity of clean water, solar steam generation, which utilizes the green and
abundant resources of Earth, has attracted considerable attention and been recognized as a …