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 …

Recent advances in carbon‐based materials for solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water evaporation: assemblies, structures, applications, and …

Y Li, Y Shi, H Wang, T Liu, X Zheng, S Gao… - Carbon Energy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of fresh water in the world has brought upon a serious crisis to human health
and economic development. Solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water …

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 …

Three-dimensional capillary ratchet-induced liquid directional steering

S Feng, P Zhu, H Zheng, H Zhan, C Chen, J Li, L Wang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Conventional understanding has it that a liquid deposited on a surface tends to move along
directions that reduce surface energy, which is mainly dictated by surface properties rather …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined water layer

L Zhang, X Li, Y Zhong, A Leroy, Z Xu, L Zhao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent advances in thermally localized solar evaporation hold significant promise for vapor
generation, seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and medical sterilization …

Progress in interfacial solar steam generation using low-dimensional and biomass-derived materials

MNAS Ivan, S Saha, AM Saleque, S Ahmed, AK Thakur… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing concern of escalating water scarcity has spurred the creation of advanced
technologies, such as interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), to tackle the challenge …

Hierarchical photothermal fabrics with low evaporation enthalpy as heliotropic evaporators for efficient, continuous, salt-free desalination

Z Liu, Z Zhou, N Wu, R Zhang, B Zhu, H **, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven seawater evaporation is usually achieved on floating evaporators, but the
performances are substantially limited by high evaporation enthalpy, solid salt …