Super-Hydrophobic Photothermal Copper Foam for Multi-Scenario Solar Desalination: Integrating Anti-Icing, Self-Cleaning, and Mechanical Durability

Coatings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 578 - 578

Published: May 13, 2025

Solar desalination is widely regarded as an effective way to solve freshwater scarcity. However, the balance between costs of micro-nanostructures, thermal regulation, and durability interface evaporators must all be considered. In this study, a super-hydrophobic copper foam with hierarchical micro-nanostructures exhibited temperatures greater than 66 °C under solar illumination 1 kW·m−2. Significantly, modified acting evaporator had water harvesting efficiency 1.76 kg·m−2·h−1, resulting from its good photothermal conversion porous skeleton. Further, anti-deicing, self-cleaning, anti-abrasion tests were carried out demonstrate durability. The whole fabrication as-prepared CF was only involved in mechanical extrusion spray-coating, which suitable for large-scale production. This work endows super-hydrophobicity, photo-thermal conversion, anti-icing, stability, are highly demanded multi-scenario desalination.

Language: Английский

Designing vertical aligned Zn microchannels for enhanced performance of Zn metal anodes

FlatChem, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100870 - 100870

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Engineered Biomass‐Based Solar Evaporators for Diversified and Sustainable Water Management

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 26, 2025

Abstract Solar‐driven interfacial water evaporation is a green and energy‐efficient treatment technology with diverse applications in desalination, steam power generation, agricultural irrigation. Biomass materials have gained significant attention solar evaporator engineering due to their unique structure, low cost, ease of adjustment. With enhanced light absorption high thermal conductivity, biomass can improve efficiency substantially, thus providing opportunities applications. Therefore, this critical review, the operating principles design concepts evaporators are first briefly discussed terms photothermal conversion mechanism. Subsequently, superiority described detail from types structural properties at micro/macro scales. The corresponding performance enhancement strategies for biomass‐based also highlighted, including material selection, design, management techniques. Meanwhile, recent advances several cutting‐edge comprehensively discussed. This review provide comprehensive reference relevant researchers advance research application promote wide field technology.

Language: Английский