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 …

Photothermal fabrics for solar-driven seawater desalination

J Hu, Y Sun, Z Liu, B Zhu, L Zhang, N Xu, M Zhu… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven seawater desalination has received massive attention as it holds great promise
to solve the worldwide freshwater and energy issues. The key of this technology relies on …

Synergistic densification in hybrid organic‐inorganic MXenes for optimized photothermal conversion

T Xu, S Tan, S Li, T Chen, Y Wu, Y Hao… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optimizin the efficient light‐trap** in the photothermal conversion by enhancing localized
surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is crucial in improving light‐heat‐conversion efficiency …

Laser‐induced porous graphene/CuO composite for efficient interfacial solar steam generation

Y Wei, W Li, S Zhang, J Yu, Y Tang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generation can produce clean water in an environmentally friendly
and efficient way. The evaporator employing graphene as a photothermal conversion …

Jellyfish-inspired sustainable and facile porous zwitterionic hydrogel sponge for efficient solar thermal desalination and water purification

X Zhang, H Cong, L Ma, B Xu, X Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar thermal desalination (STD), as a type of eco-friendly desalination and water
purification technology is instrumental in mitigating the issue of water scarcity globally …

Dynamic regulation of hydrogen bonding networks and solvation structures for synergistic solar-thermal desalination of seawater and catalytic degradation of organic …

MY Yu, J Wu, G Yin, FZ Jiao, ZZ Yu, J Qu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2025 - Springer
Although solar steam generation strategy is efficient in desalinating seawater, it is still
challenging to achieve continuous solar-thermal desalination of seawater and catalytic …

Amphiphilic Janus patch-grafted hydrogels for salt-rejecting solar water desalination

J Zhu, Z **ao, F Song, X Huang, D Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Interfacial solar seawater desalination is considered as one of the most promising
sustainable techniques for producing fresh water. Janus hydrogel evaporators with a …

Superoxide radicals mediated by high-spin Fe catalysis for organic wastewater treatment

Y Li, D Zhang, P Wang, J Qu, S Zhan - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Water resources are indispensable basic resources and important environmental carriers;
the presence of organic contaminants in wastewater poses considerable risks to the health …

Dual‐Interface Solar Evaporator with Highly‐Efficient Thermal Regulation via Suspended Multilayer Design

N He, X Sun, H Wang, B Wang, D Tang, L Li - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Facing the increasing global shortage of freshwater resources, this study presents a
suspended multilayer evaporator (SMLE), designed to tackle the principal issues plaguing …

Foaming photothermal inks for direct-ink writing: hierarchical design and enhanced solar-powered interfacial evaporation

J Gao, K Shao, J Li, N Li, S Wang, X Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-powered interfacial evaporation stands out as a burgeoning technology with
significant potential for applications in thermal distillation and desalination with minimal …