Boosting the viable water harvesting in solar vapor generation: from interfacial engineering to devices design

P Zhang, H Wang, J Wang, Z Ji, L Qu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Continuously increasing demand for the life‐critical water resource induces severe global
water shortages. It is imperative to advance effective, economic, and environmentally …

Structure integration and architecture of solar-driven interfacial desalination from miniaturization designs to industrial applications

C Dang, Y Cao, H Nie, W Lang, J Zhang, G Xu, M Zhu - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Solar desalination holds great promise for addressing global water scarcity and reducing
carbon footprints. In recent years, thermally localized solar interfacial desalination processes …

Thermo-adaptive interfacial solar evaporation enhanced by dynamic water gating

Y Wang, W Zhao, Y Lee, Y Li, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Solar-driven evaporation offers a sustainable solution for water purification, but efficiency
losses due to heat dissipation and fouling limit its scalability. Herein, we present a bilayer …

Kirigami enabled reconfigurable three-dimensional evaporator arrays for dynamic solar tracking and high efficiency desalination

H Li, W Zhang, X Liao, L Xu - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
A kirigami-engineered composite hydrogel membrane is exploited for the construction of
three dimensional (3D) solar-tracking evaporator arrays with outstanding evaporation …

A hierarchical porous aerohydrogel for enhanced water evaporation

X Li, P Wang, Q Lu, H Yao, C Yang, Y Zhao, J Hu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural solar-powered steam generation provides a promising strategy to deal with
deteriorating water resources. However, the practical applications of this strategy are limited …

A Lotus Seedpods‐Inspired Interfacial Solar Steam Generator with Outstanding Salt Tolerance and Mechanical Properties for Efficient and Stable Seawater …

H Ma, L Yu, Z Li, J Chen, J Meng, Q Song, Y Liu… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generators (ISSGs) can capture solar energy and concentrate the
heat at the gas–liquid interface, resulting in efficient water evaporation. However, traditional …

Hydrogel-based 3D evaporator with cross-linked fixation by carbon dots for ultra-high and stable solar steam generation

X Zhang, L Sun, X Wang, S Zou, C Cao, J Hou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water steam generation had been recognized as a promising strategy to
address water scarcity in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner, and the …

Ultra-high solar steam generation based on regulated water management strategy in 3D biomass hydrogels inspired by the “binding effect” of cell walls

L Sun, X Zhang, X Wang, Y Shen, S Zou, H Qin, K Sun… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Facing the global challenge of water scarcity, solar-driven seawater desalination has been
emerged as a green, non-polluting and sustainable technology, but the practical application …

[HTML][HTML] Highly efficient solar water evaporation by wood through one-step in-situ synthesis of carbon dots

C Ji, T Wang, Y Wang, H Yang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar evaporation provides an effective solution to solve the scarcity of freshwater resources.
Biomass-based solar evaporators have attracted significant interest, because of their …

Strategic design of porous interfacial evaporators: A comprehensive review unveiling the significant role of pore engineering

C Dai, Z Li, K Zheng, JH Zhang, R Dai, D Luo, H Gao… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) has emerged as a promising technology owing to
its enhanced heat and mass transfer characteristics when compared to conventional …