Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(23)

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2024

Abstract In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally friendly clean water production in alignment with global decarbonization efforts. This review aims share knowledge engage a broader readership about current progress of ISSG technology facing challenges promote further advancements toward practical applications. The first part this assesses strategies enhancing energy efficiency systems, including optimizing light absorption, reducing losses, harvesting additional energy, lowering evaporation enthalpy. Subsequently, faced technologies, notably salt accumulation bio‐fouling issues applications, are elucidated contemporary methods discussed overcome these challenges. end, applications ISSG, ranging from initial seawater desalination industrial wastewater purification power generation, sterilization, soil remediation, innovative concept sea farm, introduced, highlighting promising contributing sustainable conscious practices. Based on in‐depth understanding aspects, future research focuses proposed address both fundamental

Язык: Английский

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Enabling Self‐Adaptive Water‐Energy‐Balance of Photothermal Water Diode Evaporator: Dynamically Maximizing Energy Utilization Under the Ever‐Changing Sunlight

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(18)

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2024

Abstract Maintaining a match between input solar energy and required by water supply management is key to achieving efficient interfacial solar‐driven evaporation (ISDE). In practice, the radiation flux constantly changing throughout day, so keeping dynamic water‐energy‐balance of ISDE big challenge. Herein, photothermal diode (WD) evaporator concept proposed an integrated hydrophilic/hydrophobic Janus absorber overcome issue. Due unique unidirectional transport properties induced asymmetric wettability, self‐adaptive balance uptake established, thus realizing matching utilization maximization. The experimental simulation results exhibit that with increase sunlight intensity, speed significantly accelerated due self‐regulation on replenishment. Therefore, excellent rate up 2.14 kg m –2 h –1 high efficiency 93.7% under 1 sun illumination achieved. This engineering wettability provides novel strategy extends path for designing systems diverse properties, which shows great potential in different environmental conditions.

Язык: Английский

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Advancements in Noble Metal-Decorated Porous Carbon Nanoarchitectures: Key Catalysts for Direct Liquid Fuel Cells

ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 18(15), С. 10341 - 10373

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2024

Noble-metal nanocrystals have emerged as essential electrode materials for catalytic oxidation of organic small molecule fuels in direct liquid fuel cells (DLFCs). However, large-scale commercialization DLFCs, adopting cost-effective techniques and optimizing their structures using advanced matrices are crucial. Notably, noble metal-decorated porous carbon nanoarchitectures exhibit exceptional electrocatalytic performances owing to three-dimensional cross-linked networks, large accessible surface areas, homogeneous dispersion (of metals), reliable structural stability, outstanding electrical conductivity. Consequently, they can be utilized develop next-generation anode catalysts DLFCs. Considering the recent expeditious advancements this field, comprehensive review provides an overview current progress nanoarchitectures. This paper meticulously outlines associated synthetic strategies, precise microstructure regulation techniques, application electrooxidation molecules. Furthermore, highlights research challenges future opportunities prospective offering valuable insights both researchers industry experts.

Язык: Английский

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Recent advances in photothermal anti-/de-icing materials

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 481, С. 148265 - 148265

Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Thermoresponsive Janus hybrid hydrogel for efficient solar steam generation

Nano Energy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 124, С. 109475 - 109475

Опубликована: Март 11, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Solid waste-derived solar desalination devices: Enhanced efficiency in water vapor generation and diffusion

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 485, С. 149870 - 149870

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2024

Язык: Английский

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3D-Printed Liquid Metal-in-Hydrogel Solar Evaporator: Merging Spectrum-Manipulated Micro-Nano Architecture and Surface Engineering for Solar Desalination

ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2024

Solar desalination driven by interfacial heating is considered a promising technique to alleviate the freshwater shortage crisis. However, its further extension and application are confined factors such as highlighted salt accumulation, inferior energy efficiency, poor durability. Herein, microsized eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn) core–shell nanodroplet (denoted LMTE) with photo-cross-linking photothermal traits, stabilized allyl glycidyl ether (AGE)-grafting tannic acid (TA), explored solar absorber for broadband light absorbing localized micro-nano heat channeling. The LMTE nanodroplets formulated directly highly hydrated polymers photosensitive species successfully develop water-based ink suitable digital processing (DLP) 3D printing. As demonstration, composite hydrogel-forged milli-conical needle arrays metal-phenolic network (MPN)-engineered wettability enhancement can be printed designed rationally via bottom-up strategy. 3D-printing hydrogel evaporator composed of spectrum-tailored EGaIn efficient photon harvesting MPN-coated milli-cone water supplying channeling, which function cooperatively bestow superior solar-powered evaporation (2.96 kg m–2 h–1, 96.93% efficiency) excellent (salt cycle site-specific crystallization). Furthermore, robust steam generating/collecting system demonstrated, providing valuable guidance building water-energy-agriculture nexus.

Язык: Английский

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Constructing a multivalent Co-confined N-doped C–Si hybrid hollow nanoreactor for synchronous pollutant mineralization and solar-driven interfacial water regeneration

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(14), С. 8487 - 8501

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

A multivalent Co-confined N-doped C–Si hybrid hollow nanoreactor was anchored onto a tailored sponge acting as monolith bifunctional evaporator, which enables the synchronous pollutant mineralization and solar-driven interfacial water regeneration.

Язык: Английский

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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation: Research advances in structural design

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 495, С. 153316 - 153316

Опубликована: Июнь 19, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Crystal Plane Engineering to Boost Water Cluster Evaporation for Enhanced Solar Steam Generation

Nano Letters, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 24(5), С. 1753 - 1760

Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2024

Polymer based low evaporation enthalpy materials have become a universal selection for improving the efficiency of solar steam generation. Although water cluster and intermediate mechanisms been proposed to explain enthalpy, production process microstructure activated are still unclear. Here, crystal plane engineering is used investigate state activation mechanism. The unique open-closed coordination structure on optimized surface promotes generation firm clusters by optimizing state. Under similar energy absorption all materials, increased rate evaporator 31.2% 94.8%. Exploring micro-evaporation expected stimulate development next materials.

Язык: Английский

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