Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Salt mitigation strategies of solar‐driven interfacial desalination

K Xu, C Wang, Z Li, S Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial desalination (SDID), which is based on localized heating and
interfacial evaporation, provides an opportunity for developing environmentally friendly and …

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

H Zou, X Meng, X Zhao, J Qiu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global
water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization …

Polyzwitterionic hydrogels for highly efficient high salinity solar desalination

C Lei, W Guan, Y Guo, W Shi, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar vapor generation (SVG) is regarded as a promising and sustainable strategy
for clean water production. While many materials have demonstrated excellent evaporation …

Recent advances in durability of superhydrophobic self-cleaning technology: a critical review

SP Dalawai, MAS Aly, SS Latthe, R Xing… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning concept has achieved significant attention because of their distinct features
and inclusive range of probable applications in various fields. Inspired from the lotus effect; …

Performance evaluation of a solar desalination-hot water system using heat pipe vacuum tube parabolic trough solar collector–An experimental study with Taguchi …

B Omidi, N Rahbar, H Kargarsharifabad… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of renewable energy to generate hot water and distilled water can
considerably reduce pollution. This study looked at a hybrid system that used a parabolic …

Structure architecting for salt‐rejecting solar interfacial desalination to achieve high‐performance evaporation with in situ energy generation

Y Zhang, T Xiong, DK Nandakumar… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation: design and application progress of structural evaporators and functional distillers

J Wang, Y Kong, Z Liu, H Wang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology (TSDIE), which directly uses solar energy to
evaporate and purify water, is an emerging solution to address the shortage of freshwater …

Tailoring the salt transport flux of solar evaporators for a highly effective salt-resistant desalination with high productivity

H Yang, Y Sun, M Peng, M Cai, B Zhao, D Li, Z Liang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing highly effective salt-resistant solar evaporators for a long-term desalination with
a high evaporation rate and water production rate remains a great challenge. Herein, we …

Integrated water and thermal managements in bioinspired hierarchical MXene aerogels for highly efficient solar‐powered water evaporation

H Zhang, X Shen, E Kim, M Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered water evaporation is a straightforward, practical approach to use solar
energy for water desalination. Solar absorbers made from photothermal materials capable of …