Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can
be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective …

Solar-powered water evaporation—the extraction of vapour from liquid water using solar
energy—provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and cost-effective freshwater …

Solar-driven seawater evaporation is usually achieved on floating evaporators, but the
performances are substantially limited by high evaporation enthalpy, solid salt …

Seawater desalination is viewed as a promising solution to world freshwater scarcity. Solar
assisted desalination is proposed to overcome the high energy consumption in current …

Interfacial solar vapor generation is a promising technique to efficiently get fresh water from
seawater or effluent. However, for the traditional static evaporation models, further …

Solar‐driven interfacial evaporation provides a promising method for sustainable freshwater
production. However, high energy consumption of vapor generation fundamentally restricts …

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 …

Conspectus Growing concern over water scarcity leads to increased research interest in
advanced water purification technologies. Solar water purification, which uses solar energy …

Sufficient and clean freshwater is still out of reach for billions of people around the world.
Solar desalination from brine is regarded as one of the most promising proposals to solve …

The past few years have witnessed a rapid development of solar‐driven interfacial
evaporation, a promising technology for low‐cost water desalination. As of today, solar‐to …