Recent advances in MXene‐based aerogels: fabrication, performance and application

C Wei, Q Zhang, Z Wang, W Yang, H Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the “miracle materials” in the 21st century, aerogels with ultra‐low weight and
remarkable mechanical performance have emerged and shown incredible immunity to …

Self-surface heating membrane distillation for sustainable production of freshwater: A state of the art overview

TM Subrahmanya, HFM Austria, YY Chen… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Shortage of freshwater is a global challenge related to population growth, changes in
climate conditions and industrial and agricultural needs. Thus, sustainable freshwater …

Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene's intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination

B Zhang, PW Wong, J Guo, Y Zhou, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Owing to its 100% theoretical salt rejection capability, membrane distillation (MD) has
emerged as a promising seawater desalination approach to address freshwater scarcity …

Avian Bone‐Inspired Super Fatigue Resistant MXene‐Based Aerogels with Human‐Like Tactile Perception for Multilevel Information Encryption Assisted by Machine …

J Ren, X Huang, R Han, G Chen, Q Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** multimodal sensors with human‐like tactile perception is highly desirable for
wearable devices, electronic skins (e‐skins), and human‐machine interfaces. However …

Emergent MXene evaporators in high-efficiency solar steam generation

SK Balu, R **ng, S Liu - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024 - Elsevier
With the escalating urgency to harness sustainable energy sources, solar steam generation
(SSG) has taken center stage as an environmentally-friendly and efficient method for …

Construction of electrospinning Janus nanofiber membranes for efficient solar-driven membrane distillation

J Ju, Y Huang, M Liu, N **e, J Shi, Y Fan, Y Zhao… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low permeate flux and membrane fouling are major limiting factors for solar-driven
membrane distillation (SDMD) industrial applications. Here, we report a Janus nanofiber …

Interfacial assembled hydrogel evaporator for highly efficient thermal management and photothermal coupled water splitting reaction

W Li, J Li, L Ding, X Zhu, R Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the design and synthesis of a hydrogel composite optimized for Interface
Solar Steam Generation (ISSG), merging photothermal MoS2 hollow nanospheres …