Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation

N Xu, J Li, C Finnerty, Y Song, L Zhou, B Zhu, P Wang… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Interfacial solar evaporation, which captures solar energy and localizes the generated heat
for evaporating water molecules, is regarded as an important emerging strategy for solar …

Structure integration and architecture of solar-driven interfacial desalination from miniaturization designs to industrial applications

C Dang, Y Cao, H Nie, W Lang, J Zhang, G Xu, M Zhu - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Solar desalination holds great promise for addressing global water scarcity and reducing
carbon footprints. In recent years, thermally localized solar interfacial desalination processes …

3D hydrogel evaporator with vertical radiant vessels breaking the trade‐off between thermal localization and salt resistance for solar desalination of high‐salinity

X Liu, F Chen, Y Li, H Jiang, DD Mishra, F Yu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Delivering sufficient water to the evaporation surface/interface is one of the most widely
adopted strategies to overcome salt accumulation in solar‐driven interfacial desalination …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Recent research advances in efficient solar-driven interfacial evaporation

M Zhou, L Zhang, S Tao, R Li, Y Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Inspired by the natural water cycle, solar-driven interfacial evaporation for direct freshwater
generation is considered as a sustainable and prospective desalination technology that can …

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 …

Passive, high-efficiency thermally-localized solar desalination

L Zhang, Z Xu, L Zhao, B Bhatia, Y Zhong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar desalination holds significant promise for the water-energy nexus. Recent advances in
passive solar desalination using thermal localization show great potential for high-efficiency …

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 …