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 …

Design and performance boost of a MOF-functionalized-wood solar evaporator through tuning the hydrogen-bonding interactions

Y Lu, D Fan, Z Shen, H Zhang, H Xu, X Yang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporation technology is recognized as one of the most promising
strategies to address freshwater scarcity issues. To realize the sustainability of this …

Solar‐Powered High‐Performance Lignin‐Wood Evaporator for Solar Steam Generation

Y Gu, D Wang, Y Gao, Y Yue, W Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research on wood‐based solar evaporators has made great progress and significant
breakthroughs have been made in using lignin as a photothermal material; however, the …

Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach

S Zhu, SK Biswas, Z Qiu, Y Yue, Q Fu, F Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

Progress in interfacial solar steam generation using low-dimensional and biomass-derived materials

MNAS Ivan, S Saha, AM Saleque, S Ahmed, AK Thakur… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing concern of escalating water scarcity has spurred the creation of advanced
technologies, such as interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), to tackle the challenge …

Dual‐zone photothermal evaporator for antisalt accumulation and highly efficient solar steam generation

X Wu, Y Wang, P Wu, J Zhao, Y Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generation offers a promising and cost‐effective way for saline water
desalination. However, salt accumulation and deposition on photothermal materials during …

Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood

C Chen, Y Kuang, S Zhu, I Burgert, T Keplinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

Carbon materials for solar water evaporation and desalination

W Guan, Y Guo, G Yu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater desalination is viewed as a promising solution to world freshwater scarcity. Solar
assisted desalination is proposed to overcome the high energy consumption in current …