Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can
be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective …

Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Recent advances in thermally localized solar evaporation hold significant promise for vapor
generation, seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and medical sterilization …

Solar-powered water evaporation—the extraction of vapour from liquid water using solar
energy—provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and cost-effective freshwater …

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of plasmonic
nanoparticles as sources of heat remotely controlled by light, giving rise to the field of …

Owing to its promising approach to tackling freshwater scarcity, solar-driven interfacial
evaporation (SDIE) which confines the photothermal heat at evaporating surface has …

Interfacial solar steam generation is a highly efficient and sustainable technology for clean
water production and wastewater treatment. Although great progress has been achieved in …

The advancement of additional methods for freshwater generation is imperative to effectively
address the global water shortage crisis. In this regard, extraction of the ubiquitous …

Solar-thermal evaporation is a promising technology for energy-efficient desalination, but
salt accumulation on solar absorbers and system longevity are the major challenges that …

Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and
development, since it has been proposed as a promising technology for desalinating …