Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Carbon dot‐based hydrogels: Preparations, properties, and applications

Y Wang, T Lv, K Yin, N Feng, X Sun, J Zhou, H Li - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have extremely high moisture content, which makes it very soft and excellently
biocompatible. They have become an important soft material and have a wide range of …

A bioinspired elastic hydrogel for solar‐driven water purification

X Xu, S Ozden, N Bizmark, CB Arnold… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global demand for clean and safe water will continue to grow well into the 21st century.
Moving forward, the lack of access to clean water, which threatens human health and strains …

Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation for wastewater purification: Recent advances and challenges

L Cui, P Wang, H Che, J Chen, B Liu, Y Ao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation has received considerable attention as a potential
solution for wastewater treatment applications. Despite previous studies confirming …

Dual‐network liquid metal hydrogel with integrated solar‐driven evaporation, multi‐sensory applications, and electricity generation via enhanced light absorption and …

Z Wei, Y Wang, C Cai, Y Zhang, S Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven evaporation is a promising strategy to relieve fresh water stress in the world.
For an evaporator, it is necessary to be equiped with novel photothermal conversion …

Solar-driven evaporators for water treatment: challenges and opportunities

SL Wu, H Chen, HL Wang, X Chen, HC Yang… - … : Water Research & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven evaporation is an emerging process to acquire freshwater from saline water or
wastewater, in which photothermal materials play a crucial role. Significant effort has been …

New hydrogel materials for improving solar water evaporation, desalination and wastewater treatment: a review

SW Sharshir, AM Algazzar, KA Elmaadawy… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Ongoing to the modern societies and global economic developments, the water is
recognized as one of the main concerns of humankind, particularly with the continuous …

Janus polypyrrole nanobelt@ polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel evaporator for robust solar-thermal seawater desalination and sewage purification

X Zhao, Y Chen, Y Yin, L Zou, Q Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The state-of-the-art solar-thermal evaporators demonstrating high energy utilization
efficiency, a high evaporation rate, and salt rejection are highly desirable in solar-driven low …

A hierarchical porous aerohydrogel for enhanced water evaporation

X Li, P Wang, Q Lu, H Yao, C Yang, Y Zhao, J Hu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural solar-powered steam generation provides a promising strategy to deal with
deteriorating water resources. However, the practical applications of this strategy are limited …

Polymeric hydrogels—a promising platform in enhancing water security for a sustainable future

SL Loo, L Vásquez, A Athanassiou… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although water is essential for global health and the socio‐economic development of
modern society, providing fresh water universally in a sustainable and affordable manner …