Emergent MXene evaporators in high-efficiency solar steam generation

SK Balu, R Xing, S Liu - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024 - Elsevier
With the escalating urgency to harness sustainable energy sources, solar steam generation
(SSG) has taken center stage as an environmentally-friendly and efficient method for …

Macroporous three-dimensional MXene architectures for highly efficient solar steam generation

X Zhao, XJ Zha, JH Pu, L Bai, RY Bao, ZY Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient utilization of abundant solar energy for steam generation is an attractive, renewable,
and environment-friendly technology for seawater desalination and wastewater purification …

MXene‐Modified Aramid Aerogel for Advanced Solar Steam Generation

M Singh, S Qin, KA Usman, L Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Developing solar‐driven desalination through interfacial steam generation is crucial to
reducing global water shortages. However, traditional solar steam generation systems have …

All-weather-available, continuous steam generation based on the synergistic photo-thermal and electro-thermal conversion by MXene-based aerogels

X Zhao, LM Peng, CY Tang, JH Pu, XJ Zha, K Ke… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy triggered steam generation has emerged as a green and sustainable strategy
that can potentially address the long-standing global freshwater scarcity issue. However …

MXene: A Roadmap to Sustainable Energy Management, Synthesis Routes, Stabilization, and Economic Assessment

M Mim, K Habib, SN Farabi, SA Ali, MA Zaed… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
MXenes with their wide range of tunability and good surface chemistry provide unique and
distinctive characteristics offering potential employment in various aspects of energy …

Functionalized MXene enabled sustainable water harvesting and desalination

J Fei, SW Koh, W Tu, J Ge, H Rezaeyan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar irradiation is a promising resource for sustainable energy conversion and storage in
many technological fields. Interfacial solar steam generator is emerging as a sustainable …

MXenes—An emerging class of 2D materials for solar water desalination: feasibility and recent advances

X Sun, X Jia, J Yang, S Wang, Y Li, D Shao… - Solar RRL, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar water desalination (SWD) is considered to be an effective solution to combat fresh
water shortage. Therefore, the selection of suitable solar absorbing materials is essential for …

A MXene‐based hierarchical design enabling highly efficient and stable solar‐water desalination with good salt resistance

X Fan, Y Yang, X Shi, Y Liu, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A solar‐thermal water evaporation structure that can continuously generate clean water with
high efficiency and good salt rejection ability under sunlight is highly desirable for water …

Thermally conductive MXene

M Safarkhani, BF Far, YS Huh… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2023 - ACS Publications
MXene materials, which consist of nitrides, carbides, or carbonitrides of transition metals,
possess a distinctive multilayered structure resulting from the specific etching of the “A” layer …

Biomimetic MXene textures with enhanced light‐to‐heat conversion for solar steam generation and wearable thermal management

K Li, TH Chang, Z Li, H Yang, F Fu, T Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are of particular interest in light‐to‐heat conversion, yet challenges
remain in developing a facile method to suppress their light reflection. Herein, inspired by …