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 …

Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production

M Gao, L Zhu, CK Peh, GW Ho - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and high conversion efficiency have
recently attracted significant interest. They are becoming a fast-growing research focus in …

Reshapable MXene/graphene oxide/polyaniline plastic hybrids with patternable surfaces for highly efficient solar‐driven water purification

XP Li, X Li, H Li, Y Zhao, J Wu, S Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although many solar‐driven water evaporators are developed for solar steam generation,
most solarthermal energy conversion materials cannot be used repeatedly for constructing …

All-in-one polymer sponge composite 3D evaporators for simultaneous high-flux solar-thermal desalination and electricity generation

Y Xu, J Xu, J Zhang, X Li, B Fu, C Song, W Shang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar-thermal evaporation of seawater holds the potential for coproduction of freshwater and
electricity, but conventional assembled bilayer two-dimensional (2D) evaporators often …

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

P Tao, G Ni, C Song, W Shang, J Wu, J Zhu, G Chen… - Nature energy, 2018 - nature.com
As a ubiquitous solar-thermal energy conversion process, solar-driven evaporation has
attracted tremendous research attention owing to its high conversion efficiency of solar …

Recent advances and challenges for solar-driven water evaporation system toward applications

VD Dao, NH Vu, S Yun - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar-driven water evaporation system has attracted enormous attention in recent years.
This is due to the widespread use of natural sources such as solar energy and water …

Emerging hydrovoltaic technology

Z Zhang, X Li, J Yin, Y Xu, W Fei, M Xue… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Water contains tremendous energy in a variety of forms, but very little of this energy has yet
been harnessed. Nanostructured materials can generate electricity on interaction with water …

Co nanoparticles modified N-doped carbon nanosheets array as a novel bifunctional photothermal membrane for simultaneous solar-driven interfacial water …

L Cui, P Wang, H Che, X Gao, J Chen, B Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation is an effective way to produce clean freshwater.
However, it is still challenging that volatile organic compounds might enter the condensate …

Heat-localized solar evaporation: Transport processes and applications

C Du, X Zhao, X Qian, C Huang, R Yang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar evaporation by heat localization has drawn intensive research interest recent years,
because this potential desalination technology is free of fossil fuel consumption and carbon …

Vertically aligned reduced graphene oxide/Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrid hydrogel for highly efficient solar steam generation

W Li, X Li, W Chang, J Wu, P Liu, J Wang, X Yao, ZZ Yu - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Effective utilization of abundant solar energy for desalination of seawater and purification of
wastewater is one of sustainable techniques for production of clean water, hel** relieve …