Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

Nature Reviews Materials, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 5(5), P. 388 - 401

Published: March 10, 2020

Language: Английский

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MOF water harvesters

Nature Nanotechnology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 348 - 355

Published: May 1, 2020

Language: Английский

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Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 13(3), P. 830 - 839

Published: Jan. 1, 2020

Passive vapor generation systems combining interfacial solar heating and vaporization enthalpy recycling enable high-efficient low-cost desalination.

Language: Английский

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Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization

Materials Today, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 42, P. 178 - 191

Published: Nov. 16, 2020

Language: Английский

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Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics

Nature Materials, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 19(9), P. 946 - 958

Published: Aug. 17, 2020

Language: Английский

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Solar-Powered Sustainable Water Production: State-of-the-Art Technologies for Sunlight–Energy–Water Nexus

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 15(8), P. 12535 - 12566

Published: July 19, 2021

Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric sewage, etc.) can be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective methods to cope with the global crisis. Herein, we provide a comprehensive systematic overview of various solar-powered technologies for alternative utilization (i.e., "sunlight-energy-water nexus"), including solar-thermal interface desalination (STID), membrane (STMD), solar-driven electrochemical (SED), harvesting (ST-AWH). Three strategies have been proposed improving evaporation rate STID systems above theoretical limit designing all-weather or all-day operating by analyzing energy transfer condensation processes caused conversion. This review also introduces fundamental principles current research hotspots two other seawater (STMD SED) in detail. In addition, cover ST-AWH terms technology design, materials evolution, device assembly, etc. Finally, summarize content this discuss challenges future outlook different types technologies.

Language: Английский

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Structure Architecting for Salt‐Rejecting Solar Interfacial Desalination to Achieve High‐Performance Evaporation With In Situ Energy Generation

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 7(9)

Published: March 31, 2020

The past few years have witnessed a rapid development of solar-driven interfacial evaporation, promising technology for low-cost water desalination. As today, solar-to-steam conversion efficiencies close to 100% or even beyond the limit are becoming increasingly achievable in virtue unique photothermal materials and structures. Herein, cutting-edge approaches summarized, their mechanisms structure architecting uncovered order achieve ultrahigh efficiency. Design principles enhance evaporation performance currently available salt-rejection strategies long-term desalination systematically investigated. guidelines utilize every component solar systems simultaneous situ energy generation also revealed. Finally, opportunities challenges future works this field discussed concluded.

Language: Английский

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Wetting, Scaling, and Fouling in Membrane Distillation: State-of-the-Art Insights on Fundamental Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies

ACS ES&T Engineering, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 1(1), P. 117 - 140

Published: Oct. 1, 2020

Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and development, since it proposed as a promising technology for desalinating hypersaline brine from various industries using low-grade thermal energy. However, depending on the application context, MD faces several important technical challenges that would lead to compromised performance or even process failure. These include pore wetting, mineral scaling, membrane fouling. This review is devoted providing state-of-the-art understanding of fundamental mechanisms mitigation strategies regarding these three challenges. Guided by each failure mechanism, we discuss both operational material can potentially address In particular, involve development membranes with tailored special wetting properties impart resistance against different types Lastly, also needs best practices future studies further enhance our ability overcome toward practical, sustainable, scalable applications MD.

Language: Английский

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Salt Mitigation Strategies of Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 31(8)

Published: Nov. 10, 2020

Abstract Solar‐driven interfacial desalination (SDID), which is based on localized heating and evaporation, provides an opportunity for developing environmentally friendly cost‐effective seawater thermal desalination. However, rapidly generated steam may cause salt to accumulate the evaporator's surface block channel of evaporation. Salt accumulation inevitably reduces light absorption service period solar absorber, resulting in a significant decrease evaporation efficiency over time. makes it difficult produce SDID devices with high energy long‐term stability large‐scale use remote poverty‐stricken areas. Therefore, exploration novel effective strategies addressing through both material design structural engineering has attracted more attention recent years. This review presents overview state‐of‐the‐art advancements salt‐resistant photothermal discusses critical issues achieving mitigation SDID, focusing classification configurations, basic mechanism mitigation, architectural materials. Finally, important challenges prospects are discussed providing meaningful roadmap efficient SDID.

Language: Английский

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A MXene‐Based Hierarchical Design Enabling Highly Efficient and Stable Solar‐Water Desalination with Good Salt Resistance

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 30(52)

Published: Sept. 20, 2020

Abstract A solar‐thermal water evaporation structure that can continuously generate clean with high efficiency and good salt rejection ability under sunlight is highly desirable for desalination, but its realization remains challenging. Here, a hierarchical solar‐absorbing architecture designed fabricated, which comprises 3D MXene microporous skeleton vertically aligned nanosheets, decorated vertical arrays of metal–organic framework‐derived 2D carbon nanoplates embedded cobalt nanoparticles. The rational integration three categories photothermal materials enables broadband light absorption, efficient to heat conversion, low loss, rapid transportation behavior, much‐improved corrosion oxidation resistance. Moreover, when assembling hydrophobic insulating layer hydrophilic channel, the MXene‐based solar absorber exhibit effective inhibition crystallization due advect diffuse concentrated back into water. As result, irradiating one sun, solar‐vapor conversion design achieve up ≈93.4%, remain over 91% 100 h vapor stable continuous desalination. This strategy opens an avenue development absorbers sustainable solar‐driven

Language: Английский

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