Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Coupling solar-driven photothermal effect into photocatalysis for sustainable water treatment

Y Lu, H Zhang, D Fan, Z Chen, X Yang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Effectively harnessing renewable and inexhaustible solar radiation for energy conversion
has attracted significant research interest in the past decade. Solar thermal conversion, as a …

Engineering van der Waals materials for advanced metaphotonics

H Lin, Z Zhang, H Zhang, KT Lin, X Wen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The outstanding chemical and physical properties of 2D materials, together with their
atomically thin nature, make them ideal candidates for metaphotonic device integration and …

Recent advances in interfacial solar vapor generation: clean water production and beyond

S Yu, Y Gu, X Chao, G Huang, D Shou - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG) was first proposed in 2014 and it has gained more
and more attention from academia due to its tremendous improvement in evaporation …

Hydrophilic candle wastes microcapsules as a thermal energy storage material for all-day steam and electricity cogeneration

YA Younes, DA Kospa, RS Salama, AI Ahmed… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
On-site reclamation of freshwater from seawater is urgently desired to combat freshwater
scarcity, in which solar-driven interfacial evaporation has been realized as a promising …

A high-efficient and ultra-strong interfacial solar evaporator based on carbon-fiber fabric for seawater and wastewater purification

D Tong, B Song - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar-driven water evaporation is an effective strategy to solve freshwater scarcity.
Efficient interfacial evaporation comes from excellent photothermal material. Herein, we …

Bioinspired graphene aerogels with hybrid wettability for solar-driven purification of complex wastewater

Y Li, X Yang, S Yan, J Yang, X Jia… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Salt deposition and pollutant enrichment greatly hamper efficient and sustainable water
production for a solar evaporator. Inspired by the desert beetle, a dual-region hydrophobic …

A review on state of art of photothermal nanomaterials for interfacial solar water evaporation and their applications

AA Tessema, CM Wu, KG Motora, WH Lee, YT Peng - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, water pollution and freshwater scarcity are global issues affecting social
development and sustainable economic growth. Therefore, there is an urgent need to …

Design and utilization of infrared light for interfacial solar water purification

X Li, T Cooper, W Xie, PC Hsu - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Clean drinking water is increasingly perceived as one of the most critical global challenges.
Direct solar desalination with a minimal carbon footprint is a promising technology to …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional plasmonic Ag–Cu alloy nanoparticles immobilized on reduced graphene oxide for simultaneous solar-driven steam, wastewater purification …

DA Kospa, A Gebreil, SA El-Hakam, AI Ahmed… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water evaporation is crucial for drinkable water production using cost-effective
solar energy and has recently gained more interest through the improvement of heat …