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 …

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 …

Understanding interfacial properties for enhanced solar evaporation devices: from geometrical to physical interfaces

S Liu, S Li, M Lin - ACS Energy Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Various materials and device configurations have been reported to enhance the evaporation
efficiency of solar interfacial evaporation systems, but it has not yet been revealed how to …

Recent advances in MXene-based membrane for solar-driven interfacial evaporation desalination

P Zhou, Q Zhu, X Sun, L Liu, Z Cai, J Xu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, solar-driven interfacial evaporation desalination (SIED) technology has
advanced rapidly, owing to its abundant solar energy, extensive water sources, and low …

Carbon dots in environmental treatment and protection applications

NA Tran, NT Hien, NM Hoang, HLT Dang, T Van Quy… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have recently received much attention due to their superior properties,
such as quantum-sized, strong light absorption, tunable luminescence with high quantum …

Polydopamine/SiO2 Hybrid Structured Superamphiphobic Fabrics with Good Photothermal Behavior

S Miao, Z **ong, J Zhang, Y Wu, X Gong - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, photothermal materials that can convert light into heat energy have attracted
extensive attention. In this work, we report a simple and effective approach to construct a self …

Recent advances in interfacial solar vapor generation: clean water production and beyond

S Yu, Y Gu, X Chao, G Huang, D Shou - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG) was first proposed in 2014 and it has gained more
and more attention from academia due to its tremendous improvement in evaporation …

A three-dimensional antifungal wooden cone evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation

M **e, P Zhang, Y Cao, Y Yan, Z Wang, C ** - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Interfacial solar energy evaporation is an effective measure to alleviate the current global
shortage of clean water resources. However, many solar evaporators are two-dimensional …

Enhanced optical absorption and solar steam generation of CB-ATO hybrid nanofluids

D Qu, L Cheng, Y Bao, Y Gao, X Zheng, G Qin - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar steam generation has received tremendous attention recently due to the increasing
demand for fresh water. In this study, carbon black (CB) and antimony doped tin oxide (ATO) …

Aerogel-based solar interface evaporation: Current research progress and future challenges

J Li, Q Liu, J He, Y Zhang, L Mu, X Zhu, Y Yao, CL Sun… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
The sustainable supply of freshwater resources is facing serious challenges due to the
frequent occurrence of severe global weather, increasing environmental pollution and …