Solar-powered sustainable water production: state-of-the-art technologies for sunlight–energy–water nexus

Z Li, X Xu, X Sheng, P Lin, J Tang, L Pan, YV Kaneti… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can
be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective …

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 …

Best practices for solar water production technologies

Y Zhang, SC Tan - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
We need consensus to accurately evaluate the performance and potential of emerging water
production technologies, such as solar evaporation and atmospheric water harvesting. Here …

Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene's intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination

B Zhang, PW Wong, J Guo, Y Zhou, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Owing to its 100% theoretical salt rejection capability, membrane distillation (MD) has
emerged as a promising seawater desalination approach to address freshwater scarcity …

Sustainable off-grid desalination of hypersaline waters using Janus wood evaporators

X Chen, S He, MM Falinski, Y Wang, T Li… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-thermal evaporation is a promising technology for energy-efficient desalination, but
salt accumulation on solar absorbers and system longevity are the major challenges that …

Reusable and recyclable graphene masks with outstanding superhydrophobic and photothermal performances

H Zhong, Z Zhu, J Lin, CF Cheung, VL Lu, F Yan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The 2019 coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is affecting over 210 countries and territories,
and it is spreading mainly by respiratory droplets. The use of disposable surgical masks is …

State-of-the-art methods for overcoming temperature polarization in membrane distillation process: A review

A Anvari, AA Yancheshme, KM Kekre… - Journal of membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) technology has been mainly used as a treatment method for
saline or contaminated wastewater. Despite the rapid progress in material engineering and …

Solar–thermal water evaporation: a review

Y Pang, J Zhang, R Ma, Z Qu, E Lee, T Luo - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solar–thermal water evaporation (SWE) has received much interest in recent years due to a
few seminal works on materials innovation and thermal management. With many studies …

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 …

High‐yield and low‐cost solar water purification via hydrogel‐based membrane distillation

H Lu, W Shi, F Zhao, W Zhang, P Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As an eco‐friendly means, solar water purification has attracted substantial research interest
regarding material design, system engineering, and energy management. However, the low …