[HTML][HTML] Recent innovations in 3D solar evaporators and their functionalities

Y Liang, D Wang, H Yu, X Wu, Y Lu, X Yang, G Owens… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporation (ISE) has emerged as a promising technology to alleviate
global water scarcity via energy-efficient purification of both wastewater and seawater. While …

All‐in‐One Hybrid Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporators for Cogeneration of Clean Water and Electricity

M Ebrahimian Mashhadi, MM Hassan… - Advanced Functional …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial evaporators (SDIEs) have recently attracted considerable interest
due to their ability to harvest abundant solar energy and treat seawater/wastewater for both …

Transforming waste polyester into porous carbon polyhedron for interfacial solar steam and hydrovoltaic electricity co-generation

H Liu, L Liu, Z Fan, J Liu, H Wang, X Wen, G Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of interfacial solar steam generation with water evaporation-driven electricity
generation is regarded as one of the most hopeful strategies for addressing global energy …

Tailoring ultralow cost hopper-type 3D solar evaporator via dyeing paper for continuous real saline waters desalination

Q Sun, C Hong, X Tang, J Li, H Ma, B Zhang - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporation has been regarded as the promising technical option to
produce fresh water from seawater and other real brines or contaminated water bodies …

Interfacial solar vapor evaporator based on biologically natural composites

J Huang, L **g, Q Zhang, S Zong, A Zhang - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Fresh water is one of the basic substances on which human society depends for survival
and development. With the urgent need to achieve carbon neutrality, novel nanomaterials …

Novel Sponge-Based Carbonaceous Hydrogel for a Highly Efficient Interfacial Photothermal-Driven Atmospheric Water Generator

X Hou, F Dong, H Fan, H Wang, W Yu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A high-performance atmospheric water generator based on continuous adsorption–
desorption of liquid hygroscopic agents was constructed by applying interfacial …

Achieving ultra-low latent heat of water evaporation in capillary water by regulating hydrophilic groups and pore structure of cellulose/chitosan gel

D Liang, J Tang, Q Sun, W Zhao, J Li, Y Liu, Z Liu… - Carbohydrate …, 2025 - Elsevier
Given the abundant solar energy resources and remarkable heat utilization efficiency, solar
interfacial evaporation is a promising approach in addressing the global freshwater crisis …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired magnetically induced self-assembling Janus solar evaporator with antifouling and antiscaling properties

P Huang, C Huang, Y Sun, Z Zhao, L Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Engineering solar evaporators with Janus structures is crucial for facilitating water transition
and heat localization to enhance water evaporation efficiency. However, the fragile …

Synergistic optimization of the water state and transport pathway in hydrogels via pullulan and directional Freezing-Assisted salting out for efficient evaporation

H Shen, X Yang, W Li, Z Sha, H Luo, Z Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Improving the evaporation efficiency of solar-driven hydrogel evaporators is crucial for
addressing water scarcity. Traditional efforts have been focused on increasing the …

Bismuth oxychloride-sodium alginate hydrogel derived interface desalination solar evaporator for environmental remediation

X Li, Y Peng, Y Pang, B Ge, L Zhao, T Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to solve the pollution faced by traditional evaporators, an interface evaporator
containing a floating unit and a bismuth oxychloride composite hydrogel unit was …