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 …

Solar steam generator (SSG) systems have attracted increasing attention, owing to its simple
manufacturing, material abundance, cost‐effectiveness, and environmentally friendly …

A low cost, highly flexible and environmentally friendly water generation method known as
interfacial solar steam generation (SSG) has recently been popularized by many …

Interfacial solar evaporation is regarded as the promising technology to mitigate freshwater
scarcity. However, when polluted water is used, toxic pollutants might accumulate in the bulk …

The urgency of addressing water scarcity and exponential population rise has necessitated
the use of sustainable desalination for clean water production, while conventional thermal …

Including the transpiration of leaves, water evaporation from solar irradiation is a universal
phenomenon in nature. Currently, solar vapor generation allows clean water to be obtained …

Direct ink writing (DIW) is an important platform for integrating nanothermites into micro-
energetic arrays for functional applications in micro-energetic devices. Energetic sticks act …

Porous hydrogels have been intensively used in energy conversion and storage, catalysis,
separation, and biomedical applications. Controlling the porosity of these materials over …

Solar vapor generation is a facile and effective approach to harvest pure water from
seawater and polluted water, and diverse of materials or microstructure tuning methods …

To combat the dwindling supply of freshwater, solar‐driven desalination using plasmonic
nanomaterials has emerged as a promising and renewable solution. Refractory plasmonic …