Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X **a, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

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 …

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

H Zou, X Meng, X Zhao, J Qiu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global
water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization …

[HTML][HTML] More from less: improving solar steam generation by selectively removing a portion of evaporation surface

T Gao, Y Wang, X Wu, P Wu, X Yang, Q Li, Z Zhang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Using minimal photothermal material to achieve maximum evaporation rate is extremely
important for practical applications of interfacial solar evaporation technology. In this work …

A robust and 3D-printed solar evaporator based on naturally occurring molecules

X Zhang, Y Yan, N Li, P Yang, Y Yang, G Duan… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The interfacial solar desalination has been considered a promising method to address the
worldwide water crisis without sophisticated infrastructures and additional energy …

MXenes antibacterial properties and applications: a review and perspective

F Seidi, A Arabi Shamsabadi, M Dadashi Firouzjaei… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The mutations of bacteria due to the excessive use of antibiotics, and generation of antibiotic‐
resistant bacteria have made the development of new antibacterial compounds a necessity …

Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Best practices for solar water production technologies

Y Zhang, SC Tan - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
We need consensus to accurately evaluate the performance and potential of emerging water
production technologies, such as solar evaporation and atmospheric water harvesting. Here …

Principles and applications of photothermal catalysis

C Song, Z Wang, Z Yin, D **ao, D Ma - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Solar energy provides an alternative, sustainable, and clean source of energy to meet the
global energy demands without extra carbon emissions. However, the utilization efficiency of …

Hierarchical photothermal fabrics with low evaporation enthalpy as heliotropic evaporators for efficient, continuous, salt-free desalination

Z Liu, Z Zhou, N Wu, R Zhang, B Zhu, H **, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven seawater evaporation is usually achieved on floating evaporators, but the
performances are substantially limited by high evaporation enthalpy, solid salt …