Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(16), P. 5676 - 5676
Published: Aug. 18, 2023
Photothermal
interfacial
evaporation
with
low
cost
and
environmental
friendliness
has
attracted
much
attention.
However,
there
are
still
many
problems
this
technology,
such
as
heat
loss
salt
accumulation.
Due
to
their
different
structures
adjustable
chemical
composition,
electrospun
nanofiber
materials
generally
exhibit
some
unique
properties
that
provide
new
approaches
address
the
aforementioned
issues.
In
review,
rational
design
principles
for
improving
total
efficiency
of
solar
described
thermal/water
management
systems
salt-resistance
strategies.
And
we
review
state-of-the-art
advancements
in
photothermal
based
on
discuss
derivative
applications
desalination,
water
purification,
power
generation.
Finally,
highlight
key
challenges
opportunities
both
fundamental
research
practical
inform
further
developments
field
evaporation.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Nov. 6, 2023
Interfacial
solar
evaporation
holds
immense
potential
for
brine
desalination
with
low
carbon
footprints
and
high
energy
utilization.
Hydrogels,
as
a
tunable
material
platform
from
the
molecular
level
to
macroscopic
scale,
have
been
considered
most
promising
candidate
evaporation.
However,
simultaneous
achievement
of
efficiency
satisfactory
tolerance
salt
ions
in
remains
challenging
scientific
bottleneck,
restricting
widespread
application.
Herein,
we
report
ionization
engineering,
which
endows
polymer
chains
hydrogels
electronegativity
impeding
activating
water
molecules,
fundamentally
overcoming
hydrogel
salt-impeded
challenge
dramatically
expediting
evaporating
brine.
The
sodium
dodecyl
benzene
sulfonate-modified
black
is
chosen
absorbers.
reaches
ground-breaking
rate
2.9
kg
m
