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 …

Hierarchical Engineering of Sorption‐Based Atmospheric Water Harvesters

Y Song, M Zeng, X Wang, P Shi, M Fei… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting water from air in sorption‐based devices is a promising solution to decentralized
water production, aiming for providing potable water anywhere, anytime. This technology …

Exergy, exergo-economic, environmental and sustainability analysis of pyramid solar still integrated hybrid nano-PCM, black sand, and sponge

UA Anika, MG Kibria, SD Kanka, MS Mohtasim… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A sustainable and cost-effective technique for desalinating water with solar energy to
alleviate the freshwater scarcity is the solar still. In this study, four different cases including …

Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still

Z Xu, L Zhang, L Zhao, B Li, B Bhatia… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Passive vapor generation systems with interfacial solar heat localization enable high-
efficiency low-cost desalination. In particular, recent progress combining interfacial solar …

[HTML][HTML] Application of advanced energy storage materials in direct solar desalination: a state of art review

F Jamil, F Hassan, S Shoeibi, M Khiadani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storage of the thermal energy of solar intensity has a significant effect on the efficiency of
desalination systems at nighttime, when solar intensity is not available. Solar energy …

Technology assessment of solar disinfection for drinking water treatment

I Jeon, EC Ryberg, PJJ Alvarez, JH Kim - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Poor access to safe drinking water is a major sustainability issue for a third of the world's
population, especially for those living in rural areas. Solar disinfection could be the choice of …

Pathways and challenges for efficient solar-thermal desalination

Z Wang, T Horseman, AP Straub, NY Yip, D Li… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Solar-thermal desalination (STD) is a potentially low-cost, sustainable approach for
providing high-quality fresh water in the absence of water and energy infrastructures …

Phase change materials integrated solar desalination system: An innovative approach for sustainable and clean water production and storage

R Kumar, AK Pandey, M Samykano, B Aljafari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water in today's world is rising continually due to the increase in
population and rise in industrial developments. Solar Desalination is one of the sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] A high-performing single-stage invert-structured solar water purifier through enhanced absorption and condensation

F Wang, N Xu, W Zhao, L Zhou, P Zhu, X Wang, B Zhu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Interfacial solar vapor generation is an emerging technology for producing purified water
with a minimized carbon footprint. While the evaporation rate has been significantly …

Experimental optimization of conical solar distillers using graphite pin fins as sensible heat storage materials: energy, exergy, and exergo-economic approach

K Harby, MEH Attia, M Abdelgaied - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fresh water and energy are essential for the development and prosperity of societies. Solar
stills are easy to build, operate, and maintain, but their disadvantage is low daily productivity …