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 …

Recent advanced self-propelling salt-blocking technologies for passive solar-driven interfacial evaporation desalination systems

M Sheng, Y Yang, X Bin, S Zhao, C Pan, F Nawaz… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional active seawater evaporation technologies, that is, they include components
with mechanical moving parts, generally involve large plants with high capital and operating …

High-performance janus solar evaporator for water purification with broad spectrum absorption and ultralow heat loss

L Hou, N Wang, LJ Yu, J Liu, S Zhang, Z Cui… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Interfacial solar vapor generation offers a promising zero-CO2-consuming energy
conversion technology for the production of renewable clean water. The key for boosting …

Interfacial-heating solar desalination of high-salinity brine: Recent progress on salt management and water production

F He, H You, X Liu, X Shen, J Zhang, Z Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial-heating solar desalination (IHSD), a sustainable and efficient method of
harnessing solar energy to generate clean water, will contribute a meaningful technology to …

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation: design and application progress of structural evaporators and functional distillers

J Wang, Y Kong, Z Liu, H Wang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology (TSDIE), which directly uses solar energy to
evaporate and purify water, is an emerging solution to address the shortage of freshwater …

Emerging materials for interfacial solar‐driven water purification

S Cao, A Thomas, C Li - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water purification is considered as an effective and sustainable technology for
water treatment using green solar energy. One major goal for practical applications is to …

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 …

Interfacial solar steam/vapor generation for heating and cooling

X Li, W **e, J Zhu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam/vapor technology uses abundant and clean solar energy and water to
achieve heating and cooling, a promising technology to alleviate environmental and energy …

Emerging heat-localized solar distillation systems: Solar interfacial distillation VS photothermal membrane distillation

S Tian, X Li, J Ren, Z Zhou, F Wang, K Shi, J Xu, T Gu… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat-localized solar distillation (HLSD) is an emerging environmentally-friendly high-
efficiency distillation technology for clean water production. Solar interfacial distillation (SID) …

Recent Advances and Challenges of Metal‐Based Materials for Solar Steam Generation

B Yu, Y Zhang, Y Wang, Z Zhang - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global energy and environmental problems are becoming increasingly prominent, and the
shortage of freshwater resources has been plaguing many countries and regions in the …