Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

PTFE porous membrane technology: A comprehensive review

Q Guo, Y Huang, M Xu, Q Huang, J Cheng, S Yu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Membrane technology, as one of the key standard technologies for green chemistry and
sustainable development, has been applied for a wide range of separation and purification …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Smart fibers and textiles for personal thermal management in emerging wearable applications

X Zuo, X Zhang, L Qu, J Miao - Advanced Materials …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
With the emergence and development of smart wearable electronics and healthcare
systems, strong demands for energy saving and effective personal thermoregulation have …

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 …

Full biomass-derived multifunctional aerogel for solar-driven interfacial evaporation

J Wu, X Yang, X Jia, J Yang, X Miao, D Shao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Develo** high-efficient utilization of thermal energy, excellent water transport path and
mechanical stablility of biochar based solar-driven interfacial evaporator (SDIE) is critical for …

Membranes in solar‐driven evaporation: design principles and applications

HC Yang, F Lu, HN Li, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven evaporation process brings exciting opportunities to recover clean water and
resources in a sustainable way from diverse sources like seawater and wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in module design for membrane distillation

A Ali, MMA Shirazi, L Nthunya, R Castro-Muñoz… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
There have been tremendous advances in membrane distillation (MD) since the concept
was introduced in 1961: new membrane designs and process configurations have emerged …

Janus membranes at the water-energy nexus: a critical review

L Meng, W Shi, Y Li, X Li, X Tong, Z Wang - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Membrane technology has emerged as a highly efficient strategy for alleviating water and
energy scarcity globally. As the key component, the membrane plays a fatal role in different …

Nano-enhanced organic form stable PCMs for medium temperature solar thermal energy harvesting: Recent progresses, challenges, and opportunities

J Paul, AK Pandey, YN Mishra, Z Said… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Solar energy is an easily accessible and promising renewable energy source that could
solve the current energy crisis. Thermal energy storage systems incorporating Phase …