Solar-driven interfacial evaporation: Research advances in structural design

Y Sun, X Tan, X Yuan, J Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has emerged as an eco-friendly, efficient and
emerging technology for solving the water scarcity crisis, which can simultaneously meet the …

Recent advances in high‐rate solar‐driven interfacial evaporation

HT Kim, L Philip, A McDonagh, M Johir… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) have led to high evaporation
rates that open promising avenues for practical utilization in freshwater production and …

Key pathways for efficient solar thermal desalination

J Huang, H Zheng, H Kong - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Along with the decline of fresh water resources, desalination has grown in an increasingly
significant technology. The utilization of sustainable energy sources, especially solar …

Continuous and strong polyimide aerogel fibers enhanced by para-aramid nanofibers prepared via a “Reaction Spinning” for thermal insulation

M Li, Z Wu, X Chen, F Gan, C Teng, X Li, J Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Strong and flexible aerogel fibers and their textiles with low density are attractive candidates
for high-efficiency thermal insulation. However, most of the previously reported aerogel …

Enhanced hydrophilicity and stability of carbon-based aerogel with assembling of halloysite nanotubes and silica fibers for efficient solar seawater evaporation and …

L Guo, A Mi, X Xue, Z Wu, H Gao, H Shang… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar vapor generation has emerged as a sustainable technique for seawater evaporation
and desalination. Integrating high hydrophilicity, strong light absorbance, good salt …

Twisted integration of high-efficiency photothermal/water-transported yarns for boosting solar-powered fabric evaporator

L Zhao, L Zhang, Z Yang, T Zhou, P Cao, L Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Positioned as high-efficiency low-cost desalination technology, solar interfacial vapor
generation still remains challenging in precisely managing interfacial photothermal …

Hydrophilic Polymer Foam as a Monolithic Interfacial Solar Evaporator With Rapid Self‐Cleaning, High Evaporation Efficiency, and Salt Resistance

M Wu, Y Wei, Y Zhu, Y Bai, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Manufacturing a multilayer evaporator with a delicate structure and removing salt
accumulation during prolonged operation are challenges in seawater desalination. A …

Lignin with enhanced photothermal performance for the preparation of a sustainable solar-driven double-layer biomass evaporator

Q Shao, Y Luo, M Cao, X Qiu, D Zheng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The undesirable photothermal conversion performance of lignin limits the potential for
directing use as a photothermal conversion material, and no strategies have been found to …

Easy access to robust rigid SiO2-based photothermal aerogel for enhanced solar interfacial evaporation

JW Wang, X Bao, M Yuan, C Zhu, L Zhu… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has received increasing attention as a method for
desalination of seawater and purification of wastewater due to its advantages such as low …

Construction of waste paper-chitosan-based membranes with pH-tunable surface charge for efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsion and dye

S Tian, C Liu, H Hu, H Zhao, A Yao, J Lan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Develo** a cost-effective, versatile, biodegradable, and biobased membrane is crucial for
the sustainable treatment of complex wastewater. In this work, a multifunctional membrane …