Langmuir, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 30, 2025
The growing global freshwater shortage and climate crisis are increasing the dependence on water desalination technologies. To meet this pressing demand, innovative solutions that utilize renewable energy sources like solar power, with an emphasis improving evaporation processes, essential. Although considerable research has been conducted a variety of materials structural designs, development highly efficient steam generators for large-scale use remains challenge. Here, we introduce novel design: two-layer vertical cylinder in roll format integrates small, inverted cone-shaped pure copper (ICPC) foam etched foil to enhance thermal management. primary objective is advance direct interfacial by effectively capturing both reflected light while preventing salt accumulation through self-cleaning. This design leverages optical properties three materials─absorption, reflection, transmission─while providing deeper insights into seawater behavior within foam's interconnected pores. It also addresses common challenges encountered traditional evaporators, such as buildup, uncontrolled flow, poor cutting-edge system exhibits exceptional performance, remarkable adaptability diverse configurations, represents breakthrough sustainable chemistry, featuring advanced engineering achieves outstanding rate 17.15 kg·m-2·h-1 under 1 sun irradiation.
Language: Английский