Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization

T Ding, Y Zhou, WL Ong, GW Ho - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to its promising approach to tackling freshwater scarcity, solar-driven interfacial
evaporation (SDIE) which confines the photothermal heat at evaporating surface has …

Water splitting: from electrode to green energy system

X Li, L Zhao, J Yu, X Liu, X Zhang, H Liu, W Zhou - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Hydrogen (H 2) production is a latent feasibility of renewable clean energy. The industrial H
2 production is obtained from reforming of natural gas, which consumes a large amount of …

Recent advances and challenges for solar-driven water evaporation system toward applications

VD Dao, NH Vu, S Yun - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water evaporation system has attracted enormous attention in recent years.
This is due to the widespread use of natural sources such as solar energy and water …

Recent advances in high-efficiency electrocatalytic water splitting systems

XW Lv, WW Tian, ZY Yuan - Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable energy input to produce clean hydrogen
(H2) has been widely considered a prospective approach for a future hydrogen-based …

Development and evolution of the system structure for highly efficient solar steam generation from zero to three dimensions

J Zhou, Y Gu, P Liu, P Wang, L Miao… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Direct solar steam generation (DSSG) offers a promising, sustainable, and environmentally
friendly solution to the energy and water crisis. In the past decades, DSSG has gained …

An overview of environmental energy harvesting by thermoelectric generators

M Feng, S Lv, J Deng, Y Guo, Y Wu, G Shi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting sustainable energy from environmental energy through thermoelectric
generators to uninterruptedly generate clean electricity offers a potential solution to the …

Solar steam generation based on the photothermal effect: from designs to applications, and beyond

Y Lin, H Xu, X Shan, Y Di, A Zhao, Y Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Using broadband solar energy for producing clean water can potentially and effectively
solve the water pollution and shortage crisis. With the rapid development of material science …

Recent advances and challenges for water evaporation-induced electricity toward applications

VD Dao, NH Vu, HLT Dang, S Yun - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Water evaporation-induced electricity generation technology has become an extremely
interesting issue recently for supplying both freshwater and electricity. This review …

Recent developments in flexible thermoelectrics: From materials to devices

Z Fan, Y Zhang, L Pan, J Ouyang, Q Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) materials/devices that can directly convert thermal energy into electricity
provide a promising solution for sustainable energy development. As the flexible power …

Hybrid solar evaporation system for water and electricity co-generation: Comprehensive utilization of solar and water energy

J Gui, C Li, Y Cao, Z Liu, Y Shen, W Huang, X Tian - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The water-energy nexus has faced unprecedented challenges in recent years owing to
ongoing population growth, climate change, and environmental pollution. Solar-driven …