Desalination, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 118639 - 118639
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(16)
Published: Jan. 6, 2024
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has played a pivotal role in optimizing water-energy utilization, reducing conventional power costs, and mitigating environmental impacts. The increasing emphasis on the synergistic cogeneration of water green electricity through SDIE is particularly noteworthy. However, there gap existing reviews that have focused mechanistic understanding from water-electricity (WEC) systems, structure-activity relationship between efficiency energy utilization WEC material design SDIE. Particularly, it lacks comprehensive discussion to address challenges faced these areas along with potential solutions. Therefore, this review aims comprehensively assess progress future perspective systems by investigating expansion First, provides overview about rational design, thermal management, transportation tunnels Then, summarizes diverse sources utilized process, including steaming generation, photovoltaics, salinity gradient effect, temperature piezoelectric effect. Subsequently, explores factors affect generated WEC. Finally, proposes possible solution development
Language: Английский
Citations
84
Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 489, P. 151157 - 151157
Published: April 10, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
52
Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(1)
Published: June 17, 2024
Abstract Solar-powered interfacial evaporation is an energy-efficient solution for water scarcity. It requires solar absorbers to facilitate upward transport and limit the heat surface efficient evaporation. Furthermore, downward salt ion also desired prevent accumulation. However, achieving simultaneously fast uptake, transport, localization challenging due highly coupled water, mass, thermal transport. Here, we develop a structurally graded aerogel inspired by tree systems collectively optimize salt, The arched features root-like, fan-shaped microchannels rapid uptake diffusion, horizontally aligned pores near through maximizing absorption minimizing conductive loss. These structural characteristics gave rise consistent rates of 2.09 kg m −2 h −1 under one-sun illumination in 3.5 wt% NaCl 7 days without degradation. Even high-salinity 20 NaCl, maintained stable at 1.94 8 crystal formation. This work offers novel microstructural design address complex interplay
Language: Английский
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Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 492, P. 152303 - 152303
Published: May 16, 2024
Hydrogels are emerging as an ideal platform for sustainable water and energy nexuses due to their low-cost, ease of processing, versatile functions, unique structural networks, high adaptability. The establishment a solar-thermal-electricity system assumes critical importance in achieving effective solar utilization. This review focuses on recent advances hydrogel-enabled steam generation (SGG) atmospheric harvesting (AWH) systems discuss extended applications renewable energy, such thermal-electricity green hydrogen generation. Furthermore, advanced material development various engineering strategies proposed enhance efficiency, taking into account the fundamental structure–property-application relationships (SPAR). Finally, research challenges future opportunities studies industrial implementation hydrogel-based freshwater put forward.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
Abstract Using solar energy to drive seawater desalination via steam generation (SSG) is a sustainable strategy for clean water supply. The weak efficiency and poor durability due salt deposition severely restrict practical SSG operation. Traditional evaporators are difficult simultaneously guarantee efficient evaporation long‐term rejection increased salinity. Herein, tackle this dilemma, thermal gradient fabric (TGF) evaporator with an auxiliary active field constructed. Different from traditional works where additional resources improved rate exacerbate accumulation, the well integrated external boost ion circulation through moderate Marangoni flow, leading continuous superior utilization under high‐salinity desalination. accelerated (2.42 kg m −2 h −1 ) resistance (30 days of in 10 wt.% brine) achieved optimized construction. An outstanding collection (5.84 observed during outdoor desalination, which proves purification ability. This study provides new insight into construction fields production, believed.
Language: Английский
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10
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technologies use solar energy to heat materials that drive water evaporation. These are versatile and do not require electricity, which enables their potential application across the food, nexus. In this Review, we assess of solar-driven in clean-water production, wastewater treatment, resource recovery. Interfacial can produce up 5.3 l m–2 h−1 drinking using sunlight as source. Systems designed for food production coastal regions desalinate irrigate crops or wash contaminated soils. Technologies being developed simultaneously both clean through have reached 204 W electricity 2.5 h–1 separate systems. Other approaches combinations could potentially full spectrum generate multiple products (such water, heating cooling, and/or fuels). future, aid provision low-resource rural settings lack reliable access these essentials, but systems must first undergo rigorous, scaled-up field testing understand performance, stability competitiveness. This Review discusses manage wastewater, recover resources energy.
Language: Английский
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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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Journal of Energy Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(36), P. 48470 - 48480
Published: Aug. 26, 2024
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology is a novel and efficient desalination process that helps alleviate the global shortage of freshwater resources. We developed Janus evaporator assembled from cotton hydrogel, hydrophilic polyester fabric (PF), Hydrophobic Wood (PW). By doping graphene oxide TiO
Language: Английский
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Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1)
Published: Oct. 23, 2024
Although solar steam generation strategy is efficient in desalinating seawater, it still challenging to achieve continuous solar-thermal desalination of seawater and catalytic degradation organic pollutants. Herein, dynamic regulations hydrogen bonding networks solvation structures are realized by designing an asymmetric bilayer membrane consisting a bacterial cellulose/carbon nanotube/Co
Language: Английский
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