Next Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6, P. 100432 - 100432
Published: Dec. 2, 2024
Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 31, 2025
Abstract Overheating of photovoltaic (PV) panels poses a huge challenge to their practical operation. Herein, novel design is proposed that uses seawater interfacial evaporation integrate PV cooling, desalination, and uranium extraction. The sodium alginate (SA) gel with adsorbent filled utilized verify the efficacy this design. As light intensity increases from 0.5 1.5 suns, rate doped SA rises 0.98 2.62 kg m −2 h −1 , output gain panel 4.9 13.1% owing cooling effect gel. Additionally, high adsorption ratio exceeding 90% in 50 mg L solution or obtained under 1 sun (in‐lab). outdoor experiments imply composite can lower surface temperature by up 12 °C, maximum 8%. Meanwhile, capacity 6 g over 10 days also obtained. In summary, our work shows meaningful for multiple resources energy through offshore platforms.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 21, 2025
Abstract L‐Aspartic acid (L‐Asp) poses a dual function, which can affect the evaporation and crystallization process of high‐salinity brine by altering physical or chemical properties salts. MSWI (municipal solid waste incineration) fly ash washing leachate, as typical brine, is utilized here to validate this hypothesis under simulation guidance. Since L‐Asp has stronger adsorption energy on (110) crystal face CaCO 3 , facilitate preferential growth more valuable vaterite during softening (pretreatment before crystallization). Subsequently, resulting solution undergoes stable interfacial solar‐driven L‐Asp, with high salt recovery ratio 0.14 kg m −2 h −1 within 40 1 sun. Finally, harness “cradle grave” full life cycle utilization extracted mixed salts are for moisture‐enabled electricity generation. significantly enhance reducing critical relative humidity salts, thereby exhibiting open circuit potential short‐cut current ≈ 0.51 V 10.6 µA continuous 800 min. In conclusion, work not only provides innovative approaches upcycling wastewater but also explores novel applications L‐Asp.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Sustainable Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 29, 2025
Abstract Freshwater scarcity and the global transition to renewable energy necessitate transformative solutions. Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG) has emerged as a pivotal technology, leveraging for efficient alongside desalination freshwater production. This review comprehensively examines coupling mechanism of ISVG‐enabled water‐electricity water‐hydrogen cogeneration systems driven by photocatalysis ISVG, well highlighting advancements in materials system integration that enhance performance resource efficiency.
Language: Английский
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Desalination, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 118841 - 118841
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Desalination, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 118854 - 118854
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 5, 2025
Abstract Interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG) has emerged as a promising and eco‐friendly desalination technology for producing fresh water from diverse sources, offering sustainable solution to global scarcity. However, practical applications face significant bottleneck: the evaporation surface area increases, rate decreases, limiting large‐scale implementation. In this study, hydrogel evaporator with donut‐shaped structure is developed using 3D‐printed molds address issue by enhancing thermal convection reducing dead zones. Simulations reveal that optimized structural designs improve heat distribution air convection, leading improvement in performance. Experimental results further confirm an impressive of 3.47 kg m −2 h −1 , representing 66% compared conventional designs. This work highlights potential design evaporators optimize management enhance efficiency. By achieving higher rates while minimizing material usage, approach provides scalable strategy efficient desalination.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 6, 2025
Abstract Resources, energy, and food are interconnected global challenges. Herein, a double‐layer hierarchical photothermal network (HPN) is designed to co‐harvest clean water boron. As known, this the first achieve above aims together. concept demonstration, graphene oxide (GO) hydrogel with vertically aligned GO nanosheets served as upper layer for light adsorption, while Mg(OH) 2 /GO acted bottom boron extraction. HPN demonstrated high evaporation rate of 1.87 kg m −2 h −1 , an efficiency 89.9% under 1 sun. Combined evaporation‐induced convection effect, localization concentration field, temperature showed record extraction capacity 789.5 mg solar irradiation, versus just 112.16 dark conditions. The contributions these enhanced factors 59.6%, 30.1%, 10.3%, respectively. Ultimately, extracted significantly increased germination growth irrigated crops. In conclusion, offers novel approach provides innovative solution advance achievement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Language: Английский
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Published: May 7, 2025
Abstract Desalination brine is a byproduct of the desalination process that poses significant environmental and economic challenges. However, it also presents an opportunity for resource recovery valorization. This mini review explores management valorization brine, focusing on metal recovery, CO 2 sequestration, energy generation. Key advancements in mining technologies, their feasibility, considerations are discussed. The potential integrating into circular economy model highlighted. It underscores urgency rethinking management, advocating integrated approaches balance water security with efficiency water-constrained world.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 11, 2025
Abstract The escalating global resource and environmental crisis has intensified the urgent demand for efficiently extracting freshwater critical metals from contaminated water sources, particularly nuclear‐contaminated seawater. Herein, a biomass‐based solar‐powered hierarchical self‐extraction micro‐network (BSSM) is proposed presented, an innovative system that seamlessly integrates solar‐driven generation with highly selective cesium ion (Cs + ) extraction. A bamboo‐derived biochar surface‐loaded cobalt oxide nanoparticles (CoO NPs) prepared utilized to comprehensively validate BSSM's efficacy. Leveraging hierarchically engineered microenvironments authigenic multi‐field synergies, designed BSSM achieves high production rate of 3.3 kg m −2 day −1 impressive Cs extraction capacity 34.58 mg g . In conclusion, this study establishes transformative paradigm recovery, providing scalable eco‐friendly panacea address pressing issues, including scarcity, nuclear pollution, security.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 15, 2025
Abstract Solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has emerged as a transformative technology for clean water generation by localizing solar‐thermal energy conversion at the air‐liquid interface. Beyond production, recent advancements reveal its potential pivotal platform addressing challenges in resource reclamation and environmental sustainability. Drawing inspiration from plant transpiration mechanisms, particularly ion‐selective absorption, long‐distance transport, bioactive enrichment, this review systematically examines bioinspired SDIE architectures that synergistically integrate membrane separation, adsorption, photocatalytic processes. The progress is summarized across three tiers: 1) structural biomimetics replicating natural plants, 2) functional hybridization coupling complementary purification 3) hierarchical integration of multi‐process cascades. highlights material innovation structure design to expand function. Furthermore, implementation frameworks engineering, process optimization, system durability are proposed bridge lab‐scale prototypes with practical applications. future prospects also outlined multifunctional technologies address water‐energy‐resource interdependency, advancing their role sustainable management.
Language: Английский
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