How to reduce enthalpy in the interfacial solar water generation system for enhancing efficiency?

G Xuemin, Y Peng, WAN Yanfen - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water generation especially interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG)
technology holds the potential of revolutionizing fresh water production and resolving …

Kirigami enabled reconfigurable three-dimensional evaporator arrays for dynamic solar tracking and high efficiency desalination

H Li, W Zhang, X Liao, L Xu - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
A kirigami-engineered composite hydrogel membrane is exploited for the construction of
three dimensional (3D) solar-tracking evaporator arrays with outstanding evaporation …

Solar-driven hydrogel-based interfacial evaporators: From principles to material manipulations

H Liu, L Chen, C Dong, L Zhang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for energy in human society and pressure on freshwater sources
place a challenging stain on the water-energy nexus. Solar-driven seawater desalination …

Vertically aligned sheet-like structural aerogel incorporated with expanded graphite for efficient solar desalination and atmospheric water harvesting

N Ding, B Liang, X Gao, D Yao, J Chen, C Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar desalination and atmospheric water harvesting are economically friendly techniques
for obtaining freshwater. However, developing aerogels capable of simultaneously …

A self-floating and windproof Janus biomass composite hydrogel with magnetic controllability and salt rejection for polluted seawater desalination

D Zheng, L Shi, M Zhang, W Huang, Z Li, S Long… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
To alleviate the global freshwater crisis, a self-floating magnetic Janus biomass composite
hydrogel has been fabricated through a rational asymmetric bilayer structure design, which …

Foaming photothermal inks for direct-ink writing: hierarchical design and enhanced solar-powered interfacial evaporation

J Gao, K Shao, J Li, N Li, S Wang, X Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-powered interfacial evaporation stands out as a burgeoning technology with
significant potential for applications in thermal distillation and desalination with minimal …

3D‐Shape Recoverable Hydrogel with Highly Efficient Water Transport for Solar Water Desalination

C Fu, L Liu, C Xu, P Tao, Y Yang, L Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Porous hydrogels have been developed to be highly efficient interfacial solar vapor
generation materials for obtaining affordable freshwater supplies. However, realizing …

All-biobased porous aerogels with low evaporation enthalpy for efficient solar interfacial evaporation

W Wang, X Gao, J Chen, C Lu, Q Zhang, Y Li… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar interfacial evaporation technology has been widely used in the field of water
purification due to its low carbon emission and environmental friendliness. However …

Super hydrophilic biochar-based hydrogel with tunable aqueous state for efficient solar-powered desalination

J Li, J Yao, X Wang, Y Wang, Y Huang, J Ou… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Clean and safe water is essential for sustaining human life. Solar-powered seawater
desalination (SSD) offers a promising and viable solution to water scarcity by harnessing …

Manipulating 2D Membrane Interlayer Channels with Accelerated Mass‐Transfer Behavior to Boost Solar Desalination

Y Du, H Zhang, L Zou, X Li, X Lv, J Ye, K Deng, W Tian… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The scarcity of fresh water necessitates sustainable and efficient water desalination
strategies. Solar‐driven steam generation (SSG), which employs solar energy for water …