Advancing Efficiency in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Strategies and Applications

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 8, 2025

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has emerged as a promising technology for addressing global water scarcity by utilizing solar-thermal conversion and at the air/material/water interface. The exceptional performance of these systems attracted significant interest; it is imperative to establish rigorous scientific standards evaluating effectiveness, optimizing system design, ensuring efficient practical applications. In this Review, we propose consensus criteria accurately assessing guiding future advancements. We then explore fundamental mechanisms driving synergy, emphasizing how material compositions, microscopic hierarchical structures, macroscopic three-dimensional spatial architecture designs enhance solar absorption photothermal conversion; balance heat confinement with pathway optimization; manage salt resistance; regulate enthalpy during vaporization. These matched coordination strategies are crucial maximizing target SDIE efficiency. Additionally, investigate applications technologies, focusing on cutting-edge progress versatile purification, combined atmospheric harvesting, collection, electric generation, deicing. Finally, highlight challenges exciting opportunities advancing research, efforts integrate principles, system-level collaboration, application-driven approaches boost sustainable highly energy technologies. By linking evaluation optimization influencing factors, offer comprehensive overview field outlook that promotes clean production synergistic

Language: Английский

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MXene-Coated Porous Films Prepared by Breathing Figure Method for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 19, 2024

The interfacial solar steam generation for seawater desalination has attracted attention because of its excellent photothermal performance and efficiency. However, the process preparing evaporators is often complex costly, which limits their further practicality. Here, we report an integrated evaporator that easy to prepare good salt resistance. porous structure poly(methyl methacrylate) polycarbonate (PMMA-PC) films prepared by breathing figure (BF) method was used as upper layer, while MXene deposited on as-resulted PMMA-PC film served a light absorption layer. Meanwhile, hydrophilicity lower layer expanded polyethylene (EPE) foam can promote upward transfer water inhibit heat loss. Under one irradiation, evaporation rate composite found be 1.79 kg m

Language: Английский

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Engineering Hierarchically Grooved Structures for Enhancing Interfacial Solar Thermal Water Purification

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Inclined interfacial solar evaporators, especially those based on microgrooved Al substrates, show great potential for application in water purification to alleviate the crisis. However, performance degradation caused by corrosion and contamination seriously affects their service life. To address this issue, a renewable heterojunction with TiO2 as inner layer ZnO outer is formed atomic deposition, which provides effective anticorrosion protection efficiently kills adhered planktonic bacteria. It also generates abundant photoinduced reactive oxide species degrade organic pollutants improves evaporation rate enhancing wicking photothermal conversion. Moreover, photodegradation −OH regeneration properties of endow substrates prolonged This work practical strategy improve inclined evaporators purify polluted water.

Language: Английский

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Solar Interfacial Evaporator Based on Robust Aligned Channels Bacterial Cellulose Aerogels for Wastewater Treatment

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 116039 - 116039

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Construction of Composite Photocatalyst ZnL/CN and Its Photocatalytic Degradation of Norfloxacin Wastewater Synergistic Hydrogen Production Performance

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 39(4)

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

ABSTRACT As a new catalytic technology, photocatalytic technology has received extensive attention in alleviating the energy crisis and controlling environmental pollution, materials are key to achieve efficient water splitting produce hydrogen while removing organic so this paper, [Zn(HL)(L) 2 ]·4H O (ZnL, HL = 2‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)‐1 H ‐imidazo[4,5‐f][1,10] phenanthroline) was first synthesized combined with g‐C 3 N 4 form ZnL/CN, which were applied norfloxacin wastewater system. Through quantitative calculation, it can be found that ZnL have matching band gap, heterojunction structure, ZnL/CN built by heterostructure solves problem of photogenerated carrier recombination from internal structure. On other hand, through series related characterizations, further proved 6% excellent performance, lays theoretical foundation for research production treatment provides idea synergistic removal pollutants hydrogen.

Language: Английский

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Photothermal catalytic activation of peroxydisulfate with porphyrin-based metal-organic framework for removal of organic pollutants

Solid State Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107913 - 107913

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Hydrogel-based composite interfacial evaporators: Rapid preparation, contaminant control, and desalination

Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 136725 - 136725

Published: March 1, 2025

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Construction of a self-floating fabric based on CVD-assisted coating and its application in interfacial evaporation

Progress in Organic Coatings, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 199, P. 108959 - 108959

Published: Dec. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Nanofluid-peroxydisulfate integrated volumetric solar interfacial evaporation system for water evaporation and organic pollutant removal

Water Research X, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26, P. 100293 - 100293

Published: Dec. 3, 2024

Solar evaporation exhibits significant potential for the treatment of high-salt organic wastewater. However, it's also confronted with challenges due to accumulation pollutants and salts in concentrated wastewater following evaporation, which compromises long-term stability unit complicates subsequent processes. To address these challenges, a volumetric solar interfacial (V-SIE) system by integrating Fe

Language: Английский

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Biomass Hydrogel Solar-Driven Multifunctional Evaporator for Desalination, VOC Removal, and Sterilization

ACS ES&T Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 11, 2024

Solar-driven photothermal interfacial evaporation technology is currently perceived as one of the most green and effective freshwater production strategies available. However, when dealing with actual complex water bodies, it remains a challenge to combine steam generation removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) inactivating bacteria at same time achieve multiple purification effects. In this paper, solar evaporator (SA/CCC/Cu2+) integrating photocatalytic effects was successfully constructed by using Cu2+ cross-linked biomass sodium alginate (SA) hydrogel basic skeleton carbonized carboxymethyl chitosan (CCC) embedded internally material. During process, SA/CCC/Cu2+ realized separation distilled from bulk containing VOCs, achieving VOC removal efficiency 96.77% while maintaining an rate 2.54 kg m–2 h–1. addition, demonstrated remarkable capacity in Escherichia coli (E. coli), eliminating 100% within 40 min. With rapid impressive effect, design anticipated be new path for solar-driven evaporative production.

Language: Английский

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