Laminated chitosan/graphene nanoplatelets aerogel for 3D interfacial solar desalination with harnessing wind energy

HW Lim, HS Lee, SJ Lee - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG) is a novel approach to freshwater generation. In
practical utilization of new ISSG technology, achieving high evaporation rate is a crucial …

Scalable Fabric‐Based Solar Steam Generator

Y Li, R Wang, L Zhang, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generation has emerged as a promising approach to address water scarcity
issues globally. However, a few challenges remain, including high cost, limited scalability …

Critical assessment of water enthalpy characterization through dark environment evaporation

A Caratenuto, Y Zheng - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Comparative evaporation rate testing in a dark environment, commonly used to characterize
a reduced vaporization enthalpy in interfacial solar evaporators, requires the assumption of …

A 3D self-floating evaporator loaded with phase change energy storage materials for all-weather desalination

Y Teng, S Li, Y Luo, X Yi, L Feng, D Li, Y Wang - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Today, humanity is confronted with two interrelated crises: water and energy scarcity. The
utilization of solar energy to evaporate seawater enables the acquisition of freshwater …

Vascular Bundle for Exceptional Water Confinement, Transport, and Evaporation

ESA Nouh, T Liu, ZL Croft, G Liu - ACS Materials Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nature, through billions of years of evolution, has constructed extremely efficient biosystems
for transporting, confining, and vaporizing water. Mankind's ability to master water, however …

Block Copolymer Derived Porous Carbon Fiber: An Emerging Structural Functional Material

G Liu - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since their inception over 60 years ago, block copolymers have ripened to a state that has
extraordinary impacts on chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and engineering …

Adobe bricks as zero-material-cost solar evaporators for water-scarce regions

A Caratenuto, L **e, L Gu, Y Tian, X Liu, C Wang, M Su… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Consistent access to clean water is amongst the most pressing of global crises, particularly
in less developed and off-grid communities. We present a high-efficiency solar evaporation …

Block Copolymer Based Porous Carbon Fiber─ Synthesis, Processing, and Applications

A Zia, Y Zhang, AP Parekh, G Liu - Accounts of Materials …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carbon is an abundant material with remarkable thermal, mechanical, physical,
and chemical properties. Each allotrope has unique structures, properties, functionalities …