Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X **a, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

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 …

Solar-driven membrane separation for direct lithium extraction from artificial salt-lake brine

S Zhang, X Wei, X Cao, M Peng, M Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The demand for lithium extraction from salt-lake brines is increasing to address the lithium
supply shortage. Nanofiltration separation technology with high Mg2+/Li+ separation …

Water skin effect and arched double‐sided evaporation for boosting all‐weather high salinity desalination

C Wang, K Xu, G Shi, D Wei - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High efficiency, long‐term salt rejection, and continuous operation under all‐weather
conditions have always been the goals of solar‐driven desalination of high salinity brine …

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 …

Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation

N Xu, J Li, C Finnerty, Y Song, L Zhou, B Zhu, P Wang… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Interfacial solar evaporation, which captures solar energy and localizes the generated heat
for evaporating water molecules, is regarded as an important emerging strategy for solar …

Structure integration and architecture of solar-driven interfacial desalination from miniaturization designs to industrial applications

C Dang, Y Cao, H Nie, W Lang, J Zhang, G Xu, M Zhu - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Solar desalination holds great promise for addressing global water scarcity and reducing
carbon footprints. In recent years, thermally localized solar interfacial desalination processes …

Design and performance boost of a MOF-functionalized-wood solar evaporator through tuning the hydrogen-bonding interactions

Y Lu, D Fan, Z Shen, H Zhang, H Xu, X Yang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporation technology is recognized as one of the most promising
strategies to address freshwater scarcity issues. To realize the sustainability of this …

[HTML][HTML] More from less: improving solar steam generation by selectively removing a portion of evaporation surface

T Gao, Y Wang, X Wu, P Wu, X Yang, Q Li, Z Zhang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Using minimal photothermal material to achieve maximum evaporation rate is extremely
important for practical applications of interfacial solar evaporation technology. In this work …