Bionic structures and materials inspired by plant leaves: A comprehensive review for innovative problem-solving

H Yu, J Zhang, S Zhang, Z Han - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Leaves have developed various functional structures to enhance plant survival, making
them the most typical bionic prototypes. Bionic research inspired by plant leaves has yielded …

Photothermal fabrics for solar-driven seawater desalination

J Hu, Y Sun, Z Liu, B Zhu, L Zhang, N Xu, M Zhu… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven seawater desalination has received massive attention as it holds great promise
to solve the worldwide freshwater and energy issues. The key of this technology relies on …

Recent progress in solar photothermal steam technology for water purification and energy utilization

C Chen, M Wang, X Chen, X Chen, Q Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar photothermal steam technology (SPST) has attracted increasing attention in recent
decades because of great potential to produce fresh water from various water sources, such …

[HTML][HTML] An interfacial solar evaporation enabled autonomous double-layered vertical floating solar sea farm

P Wu, X Wu, H Yu, J Zhao, Y Wang, K Pi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water, energy, and food security are the three most critical elements for achieving the 2030
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. While much effort has been focused on the …

Multilevel design strategies of high-performance interfacial solar vapor generation: A state of the art review

X Gu, C Fan, Y Sun - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar vapor generation has recently emerged as a promising technology because
of its high solar evaporation efficiency and many studies have been conducted from …

Solar driven kaolin-based hydrogels for efficient interfacial evaporation and heavy metal ion adsorption from wastewater

Z Li, J Qiu, X Xu, R Wan, M Yao, H Wang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar evaporation technology holds great promise for desalination and wastewater
treatment due to its low energy consumption and sustainability. However, simultaneously …

Wood-inspired anisotropic PU/chitosan/MXene aerogel used as an enhanced solar evaporator with superior salt-resistance

M Sun, H Yang, X Wang, X Gao, C Wang, SH Ho - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination technology is an effective approach to produce clean water through
evaporating seawater driven by solar energy. However, it remains a great challenge to …

Sputter-deposited nickel nanoparticles on Kevlar fabrics with laser-induced graphene for efficient solar evaporation

S Zhu, Z Lei, Y Dou, CW Lou, JH Lin, J Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is a current green energy process in water treatment. In this process,
producing solar evaporation materials is essential to the widespread diffusion of solar …

Green recycling of waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) into Ni‐MOF nanorod for simultaneous interfacial solar evaporation and photocatalytic degradation of organic …

Z Fan, P He, H Bai, J Liu, H Liu, L Liu, R Niu, J Gong - EcoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar evaporation is regarded as the promising technology to mitigate freshwater
scarcity. However, when polluted water is used, toxic pollutants might accumulate in the bulk …

Recent advances and challenges for bionic solar water evaporation

Z Zhan, Y Su, M **e, Y Li, Y Shuai, Z Wang - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar water evaporation is a sustainable, efficient, and environmental friendly solution to the
freshwater production and energy crisis, which is drawing intensive research interest in …