Recent advances in carbon‐based materials for solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water evaporation: assemblies, structures, applications, and …

Y Li, Y Shi, H Wang, T Liu, X Zheng, S Gao… - Carbon Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of fresh water in the world has brought upon a serious crisis to human health
and economic development. Solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] More from less: improving solar steam generation by selectively removing a portion of evaporation surface

T Gao, Y Wang, X Wu, P Wu, X Yang, Q Li, Z Zhang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Using minimal photothermal material to achieve maximum evaporation rate is extremely
important for practical applications of interfacial solar evaporation technology. In this work …

Polyimide/MXene hybrid aerogel-based phase-change composites for solar-driven seawater desalination

Z Zheng, H Liu, D Wu, X Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming to explore a high-efficient seawater desalination technique based on solar
photothermal energy as the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source, we …

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

F Zhao, Y Guo, X Zhou, W Shi, G Yu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

Carbon materials for solar water evaporation and desalination

W Guan, Y Guo, G Yu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

All‐cold evaporation under one sun with zero energy loss by using a heatsink inspired solar evaporator

X Wu, Z Wu, Y Wang, T Gao, Q Li, H Xu - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generation is a highly efficient and sustainable technology for clean
water production and wastewater treatment. Although great progress has been achieved in …

Recent progress in graphene/polymer nanocomposites

X Sun, C Huang, L Wang, L Liang, Y Cheng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocomposites, multiphase solid materials with at least one nanoscaled component, have
been attracting ever‐increasing attention because of their unique properties. Graphene is an …

[HTML][HTML] The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities for solar evaporation

C Chen, Y Kuang, L Hu - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Solar evaporation is an ancient technology that has regained tremendous attention because
of the abundance of solar energy, widely available water sources, and facile facilities in …