Recent Advances in High‐Rate Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(26)

Опубликована: Май 5, 2024

Abstract Recent advances in solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) have led to high rates that open promising avenues for practical utilization freshwater production and industrial application pollutant nutrient concentration, resource recovery. Breakthroughs overcoming the theoretical limitation of 2D allowed developing systems with rates. This study presents a comprehensive review various evaporator designs achieved pure beyond 4 kg m −2 h −1 , including structural material allowing rapid evaporation, passive 3D designs, coupled alternative energy sources wind joule heating. The operational mechanisms each design are outlined together discussion on current benefits areas improvement. overarching challenges encountered by SDIE concerning feasibility direct integration into contemporary settings assessed, issues relating sustaining elevated under diverse environmental conditions addressed.

Язык: Английский

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Functionalizing solar-driven steam generation towards water and energy sustainability

Nature Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 3(2), С. 144 - 156

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Advancing Efficiency in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Strategies and Applications

ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 8, 2025

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has emerged as a promising technology for addressing global water scarcity by utilizing solar-thermal conversion and at the air/material/water interface. The exceptional performance of these systems attracted significant interest; it is imperative to establish rigorous scientific standards evaluating effectiveness, optimizing system design, ensuring efficient practical applications. In this Review, we propose consensus criteria accurately assessing guiding future advancements. We then explore fundamental mechanisms driving synergy, emphasizing how material compositions, microscopic hierarchical structures, macroscopic three-dimensional spatial architecture designs enhance solar absorption photothermal conversion; balance heat confinement with pathway optimization; manage salt resistance; regulate enthalpy during vaporization. These matched coordination strategies are crucial maximizing target SDIE efficiency. Additionally, investigate applications technologies, focusing on cutting-edge progress versatile purification, combined atmospheric harvesting, collection, electric generation, deicing. Finally, highlight challenges exciting opportunities advancing research, efforts integrate principles, system-level collaboration, application-driven approaches boost sustainable highly energy technologies. By linking evaluation optimization influencing factors, offer comprehensive overview field outlook that promotes clean production synergistic

Язык: Английский

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Solar interfacial evaporation hydrogel with distributed packaging of phase change materials for continuous desalination

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 160061 - 160061

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Interfacial solar evaporation for sustainable brine mining

Nature Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 10, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Solar interfacial evaporation systems with multi-field synergies boost water purification and blue energy harvesting technologies

Energy & Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(20), С. 7600 - 7626

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Water purification and blue energy harvest based on SIES in synergies with light field, thermal field hydrochemical field.

Язык: Английский

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Exceeding the theoretical limit of interfacial evaporation efficiency by using the carbon-based aerogel evaporator with cold evaporation surface

Desalination, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 118165 - 118165

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing the sustainability of interfacial evaporation to mitigate solar intermittency via phase change thermal storage

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 156855 - 156855

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Advanced layered nanocomposites with controllable aligned channels for efficient solar-driven desalination

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 507, С. 160350 - 160350

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Bandgap Engineering on UiO–66 Metal‐Organic Framework Derivatives for Solar‐Driven Seawater Desalination

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 11, 2025

Abstract The growing scarcity of freshwater, driven by climate change and pollution, necessitates the development efficient sustainable desalination technologies. Solar‐powered interfacial water evaporation has emerged as a promising solution; however, its practical implementation is hindered limited availability stable photothermal materials. Herein, bandgap engineering strategy via linker modification to enhance conversion capability metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) reported toward solar‐driven desalination. By systematically introducing functional groups with varying electron‐donating electron‐withdrawing abilities, energy UiO–66–X (X = ─F, ─H, ─OH, ─NH 2 , ─(NH ) finely tuned. Density theory (DFT) calculations femtosecond transient absorption (fs–TA) spectroscopy reveal that stronger narrow MOFs, thereby improving their efficiency. optimized UiO–66–(NH material reaches peak surface temperature 58.7 °C when exposed simulated sunlight at ≈1 kW·m −2 efficiency 86.50% an rate 2.34 kg·m ·h −1 97.40%. This study presents novel approach for fine‐tuning in materials, offering pathway advanced solar technologies address global crisis.

Язык: Английский

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