Recent advances in fibrous materials for interfacial solar steam generation

C Ge, D Xu, H Du, Z Chen, J Chen, Z Shen, W Xu… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
The scarcity of fresh water resources has become a serious issue hindering the sustainable
development of modern civilization. The interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG) system …

Recent advanced self-propelling salt-blocking technologies for passive solar-driven interfacial evaporation desalination systems

M Sheng, Y Yang, X Bin, S Zhao, C Pan, F Nawaz… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional active seawater evaporation technologies, that is, they include components
with mechanical moving parts, generally involve large plants with high capital and operating …

Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined water layer

L Zhang, X Li, Y Zhong, A Leroy, Z Xu, L Zhao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent advances in thermally localized solar evaporation hold significant promise for vapor
generation, seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and medical sterilization …

Understanding interfacial properties for enhanced solar evaporation devices: from geometrical to physical interfaces

S Liu, S Li, M Lin - ACS Energy Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Various materials and device configurations have been reported to enhance the evaporation
efficiency of solar interfacial evaporation systems, but it has not yet been revealed how to …

Repurposing face mask waste to construct floating photothermal evaporator for autonomous solar ocean farming

S Guo, Y Zhang, H Qu, M Li, S Zhang, J Yang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic waste caused by the extensive usage of face masks during COVID‐19 pandemic has
become a severe threat to natural environment and ecosystem. Herein, an eco‐friendly …

An asymmetric hygroscopic structure for moisture‐driven hygro‐ionic electricity generation and storage

Y Zhang, S Guo, ZG Yu, H Qu, W Sun… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions between moisture and materials give rise to the possibility of moisture‐
driven energy generation (MEG). Current MEG materials and devices only establish this …

Salt isolation from waste brine enabled by interfacial solar evaporation with zero liquid discharge

Y Wang, X Wu, P Wu, H Yu, J Zhao, X Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The discharge of high volumes of waste brine from desalination plants is a serious
environmental challenge. While emerging zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies hold …

Polyelectrolyte-based photothermal hydrogel with low evaporation enthalpy for solar-driven salt-tolerant desalination

C Li, B Zhu, Z Liu, J Zhao, R Meng, L Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photothermal membranes have been widely developed for solar seawater desalination, but
their practical applications are limited by high evaporation enthalpy and solid-salt …

Salt-rejecting solar interfacial evaporation

G Liu, T Chen, J Xu, G Yao, J **e, 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 …

Harvesting energy from atmospheric water: grand challenges in continuous electricity generation

J Tan, X Wang, W Chu, S Fang, C Zheng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric water is ubiquitous on earth and extensively participates in the natural water
cycle through evaporation and condensation. This process involves tremendous energy …