The applications of hydrogels have expanded significantly due to their versatile, highly
tunable properties and breakthroughs in biomaterial technologies. In this review, we cover …

Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

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 …

Photothermal CO2 conversion to ethanol offers a sustainable solution for achieving net-zero
carbon management. However, serious carrier recombination and high CC coupling energy …

Silver and gold nanoparticles have found extensive biomedical applications due to their
strong localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and intriguing plasmonic properties …

Water scarcity has forced people to develop advanced water purification techniques. Solar-
driven water treatment has the potential to produce clean water through utilizing solar …

Improving the solar‐to‐thermal energy conversion efficiency of photothermal nanomaterials
at no expense of other physicochemical properties, eg, the catalytic reactivity of metal …

Photothermal superhydrophobic surfaces are one of the most promising anti‐/deicing
materials, yet they are limited by the low energy density and intermittent nature of solar …

Plastic recycling strategies to combat rapidly increasing waste buildup are of utmost
environmental importance. Chemical recycling to monomers has emerged as a powerful …

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 …