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 …

Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Development and evolution of the system structure for highly efficient solar steam generation from zero to three dimensions

J Zhou, Y Gu, P Liu, P Wang, L Miao… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Direct solar steam generation (DSSG) offers a promising, sustainable, and environmentally
friendly solution to the energy and water crisis. In the past decades, DSSG has gained …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Application of advanced energy storage materials in direct solar desalination: a state of art review

F Jamil, F Hassan, S Shoeibi, M Khiadani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storage of the thermal energy of solar intensity has a significant effect on the efficiency of
desalination systems at nighttime, when solar intensity is not available. Solar energy …

The rise of 2D photothermal materials beyond graphene for clean water production

Z Xie, Y Duo, Z Lin, T Fan, C Xing, L Yu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Water shortage is one of the most concerning global challenges in the 21st century. Solar‐
inspired vaporization employing photothermal nanomaterials is considered to be a feasible …

Scalable, eco-friendly and ultrafast solar steam generators based on one-step melamine-derived carbon sponges toward water purification

FF Gong, H Li, W Wang, J Huang, DD Xia, J Liao, M Wu… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar steam generation can be a practical and sustainable technology for wastewater
purification and seawater desalination. However, both the inefficient utilization of solar …

Direct solar steam generation system for clean water production

P Zhang, Q Liao, H Yao, Y Huang, H Cheng… - Energy Storage …, 2019 - Elsevier
The social development, economic growth and booming population have caused
aggravated water pollution, making clean water shortage an urgent issue to be solved. In …

[HTML][HTML] Three dimensional graphene composites: preparation, morphology and their multi-functional applications

W Xiao, B Li, J Yan, L Wang, X Huang, J Gao - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Three dimensional (3D) graphene-based hybrid materials are currently arousing
much interest and have found many potential applications in wide fields. 3D graphene can …

Biomass-based photothermal materials for interfacial solar steam generation: a review

I Ibrahim, V Bhoopal, DH Seo, M Afsari, HK Shon… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
An efficient photothermal conversion process is essential for making high-performing solar
steam generation (SSG) device for water desalination and purification. Recently, biomass …