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 …

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

H Zou, X Meng, X Zhao, J Qiu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global
water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization …

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 …

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 …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Dual‐zone photothermal evaporator for antisalt accumulation and highly efficient solar steam generation

X Wu, Y Wang, P Wu, J Zhao, Y Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar steam generation offers a promising and cost‐effective way for saline water
desalination. However, salt accumulation and deposition on photothermal materials during …