Solar-powered sustainable water production: state-of-the-art technologies for sunlight–energy–water nexus

Z Li, X Xu, X Sheng, P Lin, J Tang, L Pan, YV Kaneti… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can
be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective …

Challenges and opportunities for solar evaporation

C Chen, Y Kuang, L Hu - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Solar evaporation is an ancient technology that has regained tremendous attention because
of the abundance of solar energy, widely available water sources, and facile facilities in …

Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic framework membranes

M Wang, P Zhang, X Liang, J Zhao, Y Liu, Y Cao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The lack of access to clean water for billions of people represents a fundamental global
sustainability challenge that must be addressed. Seawater desalination using membrane …

Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined water layer

L Zhang, X Li, Y Zhong, A Leroy, Z Xu, L Zhao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent advances in thermally localized solar evaporation hold significant promise for vapor
generation, seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and medical sterilization …

3D printing a biomimetic bridge‐arch solar evaporator for eliminating salt accumulation with desalination and agricultural applications

M Zou, Y Zhang, Z Cai, C Li, Z Sun, C Yu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation has been considered a sustainable method to obtain clean
water through desalination. However, its further application is limited by the complicated …

MOF water harvesters

N Hanikel, MS Prévot, OM Yaghi - Nature nanotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
The advancement of additional methods for freshwater generation is imperative to effectively
address the global water shortage crisis. In this regard, extraction of the ubiquitous …

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 …

Engineering metal–phenolic networks for solar desalination with directional salt crystallization

Z Wang, J Gao, J Zhou, J Gong, L Shang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar desalination is one of the most promising strategies to address the global freshwater
shortage crisis. However, the residual salt accumulated on the top surface of solar …

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting

M Ejeian, RZ Wang - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a promising solution to the world's water shortage.
Meanwhile, adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (ABAWH) has shown a higher …