A typha orientalis-inspired 3D Janus solar evaporator with controllable wettability for highly efficient and stable solar desalination

G Yang, Z Yin, Q Zha, R Wang, Y **e, Y Chen, Z Hong… - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar-powered interfacial evaporators, though promising for seawater desalination and
wastewater treatment, but suffer from the problems of monolithic structure and complex …

3-Dimentional printing of polysaccharides for water-treatment: A review

H Zhang, Y Xue, C Jiang, D Liu, L Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological polysaccharides such as cellulose, chitin, chitosan, sodium alginate, etc., serve as
excellent substrates for 3D printing due to their inherent advantages of biocompatibility …

Toward improved optical transparency of silica nanofibrous aerogels

M Huang, Y Zhao, GH Tang, Q Sun, M Yang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Silica aerogel, renowned for its low thermal conductivity and high optical transparency, is
widely used as a transparent insulating material. However, its inherent fragility significantly …

3D structural-engineering evaporator integrating light-space-heat omnibearing regulation

X Geng, P Yang, Y Wan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporators designed with sophisticated 3D structure hold the potentiality for
ameliorating the evaporation rate through expanding the surface area for evaporation …

Remote-controlled saline tolerant tough-yet-strong solar vapor evaporator based on multifunctional Fe3O4 nanoparticles reinforced gel-nacre

J Zhang, YM Chen, S Yang, Y Yang, A Rani, X Sun… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar vapor evaporators in saline hold enormous potentials in resource sustainability,
seawater desalination, as well as renewable energy harvesting. Nanocomposite hydrogels …

Enhanced solar-driven steam generation and water purification using 3D arch solar evaporators

YG Wu, CH Xue, XJ Guo, MC Huang, HD Wang… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Steam generation strategy through solar-driven evaporators has now been widely
recognized as one of the effective means to relieve the global fresh water crisis. Reducing …

Calla lily-inspired 3D evaporator: A dual interface design for enhanced solar water evaporation

Y Song, X Hu, M Wang, J Bai, S Ma, S Tong - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to the exponential growth of the global population, groundwater resources have long
been insufficient to meet the escalating demand for potable water. In recent years, interfacial …

3D printed thermo-responsive hydrogel evaporator with enhanced water transport for efficient solar steam generation

Y Liu, X Zheng - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of solar interfacial evaporation technology is of great importance to satisfy
the growing clean water demand, while there is still a considerable distance between the …

A Janus evaporator based on Donnan effect for efficient solar thermal desalination

HT Ren, HB He, QK Zhu, TT Li, CW Lou, JH Lin - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG) is a solution to alleviate the energy crisis by
obtaining clean water at low cost. In order to maintain high evaporation rates in high salinity …

Solar Window Innovations: Enhancing Building Performance through Advanced Technologies

M Ghamari, S Sundaram - 2024 - napier-repository.worktribe.com
Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glazing systems with intelligent window technologies
enhance building energy efficiency by generating electricity and managing daylighting. This …