Performance evaluation of nanofluids in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems: A comprehensive review

SP Tembhare, DP Barai, BA Bhanvase - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluids, due to their superior thermal properties, have immense applications in heat
transfer process. In view of this, nanofluids, as working fluids in solar thermal systems, have …

Biomass-based materials for solar-powered seawater evaporation

Z Li, S Wei, Y Ge, Z Zhang, Z Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Clean and safe water is crucial to maintaining human life on earth. Solar-powered seawater
desalination (SSD) is a promising and feasible way to use solar energy resources to …

Tailoring polypyrrole-based Janus aerogel for efficient and stable solar steam generation

B Wen, X Zhang, Y Yan, Y Huang, S Lin, Y Zhu… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Seeking an efficient and robust evaporator is the central goal of solar-driven interfacial
steam generation. Here, a free-standing Janus aerogel with rough hydrophobic upper layer …

Experimental study of activated carbon as a porous absorber in solar desalination with environmental, exergy, and economic analysis

GB Abdelaziz, EMS El-Said, AG Bedair… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an experimental investigation is carried out to assess solar still (SS)
performance with a porous absorber made from activated carbon tubes (RACT) with four …

Experimental evaluation and thermodynamic Gibbs free energy analysis of a double-slope U-shaped stepped basin solar still using activated carbon with ZnO …

A Sangeetha, S Shanmugan, S Gorjian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar distillation methods require expensive energy storage in the basin area to enhance
productivity, confirming the cost-effectiveness of natural green dyes as an appealing …

Photothermal air gap membrane distillation for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater

A Shaheen, S AlBadi, B Zhuman, H Taher… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the world population grows, pure water becomes increasingly scarce, making wastewater
treatment necessary. However, the processes currently used to treat industrial wastewater …

Ag/polypyrrole co-modified poly (ionic liquid) s hydrogels as efficient solar generators for desalination

C Xiao, W Liang, QM Hasi, L Chen, J He, F Liu… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar steam generation is one of the most promising technologies to utilize solar energy,
which is applied to extract fresh water from seawater or contaminated water. However, solar …

An experimental study on carbon-metal composite tablets as solar absorbers for water distiller performance improvement

EMS El-Said, MA Dahab, AA Al-Nagdy… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This experimental work investigates the possibility of using the reused carbon-metal
composite tablets as solar absorbers with different metal types and ratios for enhancing the …

Highly stable TiO2 ceramics for high efficiency and practical solar-driven interfacial evaporation

L Chen, D Yao, H Liang, Y Xia, YP Zeng - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has attracted widespread attention due to its high solar
evaporation efficiency and transformative industrial potential. However, previous studies …

Low-cost and facile fabrication of a candle soot/adsorbent cotton 3D-interfacial solar steam generation for effective water evaporation

L Zhang, B Bai, N Hu, H Wang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water evaporation is considered an environmental-friendly method for energy-
efficient clean water production. However, directly using solar energy to generate steam is …