Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(40)
Published: April 16, 2024
Abstract
Convenient
and
green
hydroelectricity
generation
(HG)
systems
are
widely
studied
to
cope
with
the
energy
crisis.
Electricity
can
be
generated
through
streaming
potential
merely
water
droplets.
Nevertheless,
operational
requirement
of
persistent
supply
restricts
durability
practicality
HG.
Solar‐driven
steam
continuous
sufficient
flow
has
become
a
promising
integration
way
enhance
HG
sustainability.
However,
most
evaporation‐accelerated
generators
threatened
by
excessive
wetting
decay
ionic
erosion
damage,
which
significantly
impair
charge
accumulation
durability.
To
address
this
issue,
carbon
black/polypyrrole
decorated
Tencel
framework
(CPF)
tunable
is
fabricated
twisting
braiding
technology.
The
modified
rate,
height,
content
ensure
rapid
ion
migration,
appropriate
boundary,
brine
circulation,
respectively.
aqueous
strength
optimized
desalination‐integrated
Hence,
CPF
evaporator
shows
an
efficient,
self‐operating,
sustainable
output
0.73
V,
0.6
µA,
2.38
kg
m
−2
h
−1
in
3.5
wt.%
under
1
sun
radiation
without
salt
deposition.
scalable,
prolonged,
adaptable
outdoor
operation
throughout
daytime
ensures
clean
production
electricity
freshwater.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(12), P. 5978 - 6015
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
This
review
summarizes
the
recent
progress
in
interfacial
solar
vapor
generation,
which
was
first
proposed
2014.
The
technique
shows
great
potential
for
decentralized
desalination
applications
using
ubiquitous
and
renewable
energy.
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
4(3)
Published: Jan. 15, 2023
Interfacial
solar‐driven
water
evaporation
has
shown
promising
prospects
in
desalination
technology.
However,
the
lower
photothermal
conversion
efficiency
caused
by
intermittent
nature
of
sunlight
and
salt
accumulation
remains
a
significant
challenge
for
continuous
desalination.
Herein,
hierarchical
design
interfacial
solar
is
reported,
which
realizes
enhanced
conversion,
waste
heat
storage/release,
effective
thermal
management
The
evaporator
composed
worm‐like
SrCoO
3
perovskite
oxide
anchored
on
super
hydrophilic
polyurethane
(PU)
foam
succeeded
situ
polymerization
conducting
polypyrrole
(SrCoO
@PPy).
energy
storage
system
introduced
within
matrix
paraffin
block
followed
tongue‐and‐groove
structure
convective
transportation,
recovery
unit
largely
reduces
losses.
possesses
excellent
rates
(2.13
kg
m
−2
h
−1
)
along
with
93%
solar‐to‐vapor
under
1
kw
irradiation
owing
to
its
minimum
equivalent
enthalpy
(0.85
as
compared
conventional
evaporators.
More
importantly,
state‐of‐the‐art
experimental
investigations
validate
recovery/release
salt‐resistant
capability
evaporators
optimized
computational
fluid
dynamic
simulation.
This
study
breaks
evaporation's
limitations
demonstrates
stable
sunlight.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 21, 2023
Abstract
The
seawater
desalination
based
on
solar-driven
interfacial
evaporation
has
emerged
as
a
promising
technique
to
alleviate
the
global
crisis
freshwater
shortage.
However,
achieving
high
performance
actual,
oil-contaminated
remains
critical
challenge,
because
transport
channels
and
interfaces
of
current
solar
evaporators
are
easily
blocked
by
oil
slicks,
resulting
in
undermined
rate
conversion
efficiency.
Herein,
we
propose
facile
strategy
for
fabricating
modularized
evaporator
flexible
MXene
aerogels
with
arbitrarily
tunable,
highly
ordered
cellular/lamellar
pore
structures
high-efficiency
interception
desalination.
core
design
is
creation
1D
fibrous
MXenes
sufficiently
large
aspect
ratios,
whose
superior
flexibility
plentiful
link
forms
lay
basis
controllable
3D
assembly
into
more
complicated
structures.
cellular
structure
responsible
effective
contaminants
rejection
due
multi-sieving
effect
achieved
omnipresent,
isotropic
wall
apertures
together
underwater
superhydrophobicity,
while
lamellar
favorable
rapid
presence
continuous,
large-area
channels.
delivers
best
(1.48
kg
m
−2
h
−1
)
efficiency
(92.08%)
among
all
MXene-based
materials
seawater."Image
missing"
Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(10), P. 5296 - 5308
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
For
the
first-time,
recycled
RW
waste
is
decorated
with
a
ZIF-67,
MXene
and
reduced
graphene
oxide
as
photothermal
evaporator.
Solar-thermal
conversion
efficiency
of
153.7%
was
achieved
under
1
sun
illumination.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(22)
Published: March 15, 2024
Abstract
Solar
desalination
is
a
promising
strategy
to
utilize
solar
energy
purify
saline
water.
However,
the
accumulation
of
salt
on
evaporator
surface
severely
reduces
light
absorption
and
evaporation
performance.
Herein,
simple
eco‐friendly
method
fabricate
3D
gradient
graphene
spiral
sponge
(GGS
sponge)
presented
that
enables
high‐rate
zero
liquid
discharge
(ZLD)
high‐salinity
brine.
The
structure
GGS
enhances
recovery,
while
network
structures
facilitate
radial
brine
transport
directional
crystallization,
which
cooperate
endow
with
superior
(6.5
kg
m
−2
h
−1
for
20
wt.%
brine),
efficient
collection
(1.5
ZLD
desalination,
long‐term
durability
(continuous
144
in
brine).
Moreover,
shows
an
ultrahigh
freshwater
production
rate
3.1
during
outdoor
tests.
A
continuous
desalination–irrigation
system
based
crop
growth,
has
potential
self‐sustainable
agriculture
remote
areas
demonstrated.
This
work
introduces
novel
design
also
provides
insight
into
structural
principles
designing
next‐generation
devices
are
salt‐tolerant
highly
efficient.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(26)
Published: March 20, 2023
Abstract
Sorption‐based
atmospheric
water
generation
(SAWG)
is
a
promising
strategy
to
alleviate
the
drinkable
scarcity
of
arid
regions.
However,
high‐water
production
efficiency
remains
challenging
due
sluggish
sorption/desorption
kinetics.
Herein,
composite
sorbent@biomimetic
fibrous
membrane
(PPy‐COF@Trilayer‐LiCl)
reported
by
mimicking
nature's
Murray
networks,
which
exhibits
outstanding
uptake
performance
0.77–2.56
g
−1
at
wide
range
relative
humidity
30%–80%
within
50
min
and
fast
release
capacity
over
95%
adsorbed
that
can
be
released
10
under
one
sun
irradiation.
The
superior
sorption–desorption
kinetics
PPy‐COF@Trilayer‐LiCl
are
enabled
novel
hierarchically
porous
structure,
also
critical
factor
lead
directional
rapid
transport
vapor
diffusion.
Moreover,
as
proof‐of‐concept
demonstration,
wearable
SAWG
device
established,
operate
cycles
per
day
in
outdoor
condition
produce
high
yield
clean
reaching
up
3.91
kg
m
−2
.
This
study
demonstrates
for
developing
advanced
solar‐driven
materials
with
efficient
properties.
Small,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
19(48)
Published: July 28, 2023
Porous-structured
evaporators
have
been
fabricated
for
achieving
a
high
clean
water
throughput
due
to
their
maximized
surface
area.
However,
most
of
the
evaporation
surfaces
in
porous
structure
are
not
active
because
trapped
vapor
pores.
Herein,
three-dimensional
(3D)
cylindrical
aerogel-based
photothermal
evaporator
with
disordered
interconnected
hierarchical
is
developed
via
Pickering
emulsion-involved
polymerization
method.
The
obtained
cotton
cellulose/aramid
nanofibers/polypyrrole
(CAP)
achieved
all-cold
under
1.0
sun
irradiation,
which
only
completely
eliminated
energy
loss
radiation,
convection,
and
conduction,
but
also
harvested
massive
extra
from
surrounding
environment
bulk
water,
thus
significantly
increasing
total
input
generation
deliver
an
extremely
rate
5.368
kg
m-2
h-1
.
In
addition,
external
convective
flow,
solar
steam
over
can
be
dramatically
enhanced
fast
diffusion
out
its
unique
opened
structure,
realizing
ultrahigh
18.539
4.0
m
s-1
Moreover,
this
continuously
operate
concentrated
salt
solution
(20
wt.%
NaCl).
This
work
advances
rational
design
construction
promote
application
technology
freshwater
production.
