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 …

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 …

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 …

Updated perspective on solar steam generation application

C Onggowarsito, S Mao, XS Zhang, A Feng… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A low cost, highly flexible and environmentally friendly water generation method known as
interfacial solar steam generation (SSG) has recently been popularized by many …

2D MoN1.2‐rGO Stacked Heterostructures Enabled Water State Modification for Highly Efficient Interfacial Solar Evaporation

H Yu, D Wang, H **, P Wu, X Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improving interfacial solar evaporation performance is crucial for the practical application of
this technology in solar‐driven seawater desalination. Lowering evaporation enthalpy is one …

3D hydrogel evaporator with vertical radiant vessels breaking the trade‐off between thermal localization and salt resistance for solar desalination of high‐salinity

X Liu, F Chen, Y Li, H Jiang, DD Mishra, F Yu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Delivering sufficient water to the evaporation surface/interface is one of the most widely
adopted strategies to overcome salt accumulation in solar‐driven interfacial desalination …

A robust and 3D-printed solar evaporator based on naturally occurring molecules

X Zhang, Y Yan, N Li, P Yang, Y Yang, G Duan… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The interfacial solar desalination has been considered a promising method to address the
worldwide water crisis without sophisticated infrastructures and additional energy …

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 …

A covalent organic framework/graphene dual-region hydrogel for enhanced solar-driven water generation

C Li, S Cao, J Lutzki, J Yang, T Konegger… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven water generation is a sustainable water treatment technology, hel** to relieve
global water scarcity issues. However, this technology faces great challenges due to the …

Surface patterning of two-dimensional nanostructure-embedded photothermal hydrogels for high-yield solar steam generation

Y Lu, D Fan, Y Wang, H Xu, C Lu, X Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Improving evaporation rate is extremely important to promote the application of solar steam
generation in clean water production through seawater desalination. However, the …