Energy Nexus,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15, P. 100319 - 100319
Published: Aug. 8, 2024
The
present
work
presents
a
literature
review
of
solar-driven
adsorption
desalination
systems
(ADS)
from
the
perspective
hybrid
systems,
materials,
and
system
configurations.
evaluation
criteria
were
based
on
daily
water
production
rate
(SDWP),
gain
output
ratio,
coefficient
performance
(COP),
specific
cooling
power
(SCP)
dual-cooling
systems.
Recommendations
for
effective
that
require
further
research
development
to
increase
productivity
enhance
are
also
mentioned.
First,
concerning
adding
an
ejector
cycle
showed
significant
improvement
in
SDWP,
reaching
40
m3/ton
per
day
(TPD).
In
comparison,
using
two
ejectors
ADS
integrated
with
HDH
reached
83.1
m3/TPD
at
cost
estimated
1.49
$/m3.
Secondly,
configurations,
wire
wound
finned
tube
heat
exchanger
achieved
high
performance.
SCP,
COP
23.5
m3/TPD,
682
W/kg,
0.32,
respectively.
Thirdly,
results
promising
adsorbent
materials
range
solar
energy
temperatures,
top
them
was
sodium
polyacrylate
(SP)/CaCl2,
where
SDWP
about
45
0.67,
respectively,
while
3.8
Finally,
it
recommended
introduce
2D
adsorbents
improve
properties
exchangers
3D
structures
overall
transfer
ADS.
Solar
energy-driven
steam
generation
is
a
renewable,
energy-efficient
technology
that
can
alleviate
the
global
clean
water
shortage
through
seawater
desalination.
However,
contradiction
between
resistance
to
salinity
accretion
and
maintaining
high
evaporation
properties
remains
challenging
bottleneck.
Herein,
we
have
developed
biomimetic
multiscale-ordered
hydrogel-based
solar
evaporator
for
efficient
The
as-prepared
consists
of
highly
ordered
ultralong
hydroxyapatite
(HAP)
nanowires
as
supporting
backbone
heat
insulator,
MXene
sunlight
absorber,
hydrophilic
hyaluronic
acid
methacryloyl
(HAMA)
an
interfacial
bonding
agent,
modifier
reduce
enthalpy.
MXene/ultralong
HAP
nanowires/HAMA
(MHH)
photothermal
hydrogel
with
hierarchical
structure
mimics
fish-gill
structure.
alignment
realized
at
multiple
scales,
from
nanoscale
microscale
macroscale
1D
2D
3D
in
evaporator.
high-performance
MHH
exhibits
efficiency
conversion,
low
enthalpy,
excellent
management
capability,
performance.
enthalpy
decreases
2431
J
g-1
(pure
water)
1113
using
As
result,
realize
rate
6.278
kg
m-2
h-1
under
one
sun
illumination
(1
kW
m-2).
Moreover,
able
achieve
4.931
real
sample,
exhibiting
salt-rejecting
It
expected
has
promising
applications
desalination
wastewater
purification
sustainable
energy.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(28), P. 17142 - 17150
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
The
wettability
of
Janus
hydrogel
could
be
precisely
regulated
via
modulating
the
amphiphilic
patch
size
and
surface
coverage
to
develop
an
excellent
evaporator
with
a
superior
solar
evaporation
rate
salt
ion
rejection
ratio.
Small,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 14, 2024
Unique
suspension
solar
evaporator
is
one
of
the
effective
measures
to
address
major
bottleneck
emerging
interfacial
evaporators,
i.e.,
accumulation
salts
on
surface.
Yet,
it
remains
a
considerable
challenge
avoid
substantial
heat
loss
underwater.
Herein,
wood-based
proposed
with
thermal
convection
structure
that
effectively
balances
contradiction
between
salt-resistance
ability
and
loss.
Benefitting
from
centralization
due
convection,
such
exhibits
an
excellent
steam
generation
rate,
which
increases
1.23
1.63
kg
m
Global Challenges,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
9(4)
Published: Feb. 25, 2025
Abstract
Recently,
there
has
been
a
growing
interest
in
solar‐driven
interfacial
desalination
technology,
which
focuses
on
the
localization
of
heat
to
air‐water
interface.
In
this
study,
3D
nitrogen‐doped
reduced
graphene
oxide
(3D
N@rGO)
photothermal
material
is
synthesized
with
facile
one‐step
hydrothermal
process.
The
exhibited
richer
porosity,
high
hydrophilicity
for
efficient
water
channeling,
and
all‐directional
solar
absorption
potential.
N@rGO
absorber
attained
up
≈55
°C
surface
temperature
rise
showed
≈134%
conversion
efficiency
1.94
kg
m
−2
h
−1
net
freshwater
generation
rate
under
1
sun
illumination,
owing
latent
recycle.
On
salinity
study
performed
using
10
20
wt.%
levels,
1.66
1.31
evaporation
rates
respectively.
It
sustained
stable
long‐term
performance
without
visible
salt
accumulation
level
wt.%.
three‐day
outdoor
test
carried
out
utilizing
simulated
seawater
3.5
NaCl
solution,
evaporator
demonstrated
an
average
production
2.61
,
during
power
density
reached
1.1
kW
.
promising
potential
large‐scale
water‐scarce
regions
worldwide.
