Recent advances in carbon‐based materials for solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water evaporation: assemblies, structures, applications, and …

Y Li, Y Shi, H Wang, T Liu, X Zheng, S Gao… - Carbon Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of fresh water in the world has brought upon a serious crisis to human health
and economic development. Solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water …

Salt mitigation strategies of solar‐driven interfacial desalination

K Xu, C Wang, Z Li, S Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial desalination (SDID), which is based on localized heating and
interfacial evaporation, provides an opportunity for developing environmentally friendly and …

Designing a next generation solar crystallizer for real seawater brine treatment with zero liquid discharge

C Zhang, Y Shi, L Shi, H Li, R Li, S Hong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Proper disposal of industrial brine has been a critical environmental challenge. Zero liquid
discharge (ZLD) brine treatment holds great promise to the brine disposal, but its application …

Structure architecting for salt‐rejecting solar interfacial desalination to achieve high‐performance evaporation with in situ energy generation

Y Zhang, T Xiong, DK Nandakumar… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed a rapid development of solar‐driven interfacial
evaporation, a promising technology for low‐cost water desalination. As of today, solar‐to …

Heat-localized solar evaporation: Transport processes and applications

C Du, X Zhao, X Qian, C Huang, R Yang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar evaporation by heat localization has drawn intensive research interest recent years,
because this potential desalination technology is free of fossil fuel consumption and carbon …

Salt-rejecting solar interfacial evaporation

G Liu, T Chen, J Xu, G Yao, J Xie, Y Cheng… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2021 - cell.com
Solar evaporation offers a promising approach to drive the distillation process, and
nanotechnology may help overcome operational issues such as salt fouling. Here, we …

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 …

A bio-inspired nanocomposite membrane with improved light-trapping and salt-rejecting performance for solar-driven interfacial evaporation applications

P Ying, B Ai, W Hu, Y Geng, L Li, K Sun, SC Tan… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation is a rapid emerging technology to address the
global water crisis. Efficient solar absorption as well as robust salt-rejecting performance are …

Moisture‐Thermal Stable, Superhydrophilic Alumina‐Based Ceramics Fabricated by a Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing Strategy for Solar Steam Generation

Z Wu, D Sun, C Shi, S Chen, S Tang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven interface evaporation is one of the most promising technologies for
desalination and wastewater purification. However, in the ebb and flow of the tide, water …

Osmotic pumping and salt rejection by polyelectrolyte hydrogel for continuous solar desalination

J Zeng, Q Wang, Y Shi, P Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient mass transport and selective salt rejection are highly desirable for solar or thermally
driven seawater desalination, but its realization is challenging. Here a new liquid supply …