A typha orientalis-inspired 3D Janus solar evaporator with controllable wettability for highly efficient and stable solar desalination

Desalination, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 118318 - 118318

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Recent innovations in 3D solar evaporators and their functionalities

Science Bulletin, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Interfacial solar evaporation (ISE) has emerged as a promising technology to alleviate global water scarcity via energy-efficient purification of both wastewater and seawater. While ISE was originally identified developed during studies simple double-layered two-dimensional (2D) evaporators, observed limitations in rate functionality soon led the development three-dimensional (3D) which is now recognized one most pivotal milestones research field. 3D evaporators significantly enhance rates beyond theoretical limits 2D evaporators. Furthermore, could have multifaceted functionalities originating from various functional surfaces structures. This review summarizes recent advances focusing on rational design, fabrication energy nexus derivative functions for improving performance exploring novel applications. Future prospects are also proposed based in-depth understanding fundamental aspects requirements practical

Язык: Английский

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Bioinspired design of photothermal anti-fouling fabrics for solar-driven sustainable seawater desalination

Nano Energy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 110726 - 110726

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 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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Hofmeister effect induced water activation of hydrogel and its applications for the accelerated solar evaporation in brine

Water Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 268, С. 122709 - 122709

Опубликована: Окт. 29, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Multi-stage PCM-enhanced solar distiller desalination: investigating energy storage dynamics, phase transition behavior, and system performance with variable PCM/saline mass ratios

Journal of Energy Storage, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 122, С. 116687 - 116687

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Innovative 3D Janus foam design achieves high-efficiency and stable solar desalination with improved salt resistance and heat management

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 499, С. 155887 - 155887

Опубликована: Сен. 20, 2024

Язык: Английский

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3D‐Printed Hemispherical Capillaries for Solar Water Evaporation

Solar RRL, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Solar interfacial evaporation offers a sustainable method to extract fresh water from seawater, but is often constrained by salt accumulation. A 3D‐printed hemispherical solar evaporator with integrated open capillary grooves on its surface introduced enhance transport and evaporation. This design creates vertically nonuniform liquid film, initiating Marangoni flow facilitate continuous desalination. The achieves high rates of 2.768 kg m −2 h −1 for pure 2.646 25 wt% saline upon one‐sun irradiation. performance attributed the microporous structure capillaries, which supports cluster‐based benefits lower enthalpy seawater. After 15 operation, promotes localized crystallization at low concentrations forms thin film higher concentrations, surprisingly increasing rate. Moreover, effectively removes pollutants, including heavy metals organic contaminants wastewater new could significantly impact treatment, desalination, other evaporative applications.

Язык: Английский

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Engineered Surface Wettability of Nanomaterials for Efficient Uranium Extraction from Seawater

ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2025

The extraction of uranium from seawater offers a sustainable pathway to secure nuclear fuel supplies, crucial for the transition low-carbon energy systems. However, low concentration and interference competing ions pose significant challenges efficiency. Surface wettability engineering has become key factor in enhancing performance nanomaterials. In this Perspective, we explore how surface influences nanomaterials three scenarios: chemical adsorption, electro-assisted enhanced photo/electrocatalytic reduction. Strategies optimizing property are discussed, alongside recommendations future directions material design characterization methods, aiming accelerate practical application extraction.

Язык: Английский

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Surface Oxygen Vacancy Engineering for Enhanced Volatile Organic Compounds Removal in Solar-Interfacial Water Evaporation

Environmental Science & Technology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025

Solar-interfacial water-vapor conversion has emerged as a promising method for clean water production, particularly in water-scarce regions, but major challenge is the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) along with vapor, leading to polluted condensed water. This study introduces novel design strategy that leverages surface oxygen vacancies (OVs) photocatalysts maximize both (O2) utilization from air and photocarrier efficiency at air-water interface, building upon previous research demonstrated concentration interface can be significantly higher than bulk By enhancing adsorption facilitating charge carrier separation, OVs improve reactive species (ROS, including ·O2- ·OH) generation overall photocatalytic activity. As demonstration, OVs-engineered BiOCl-based solar interfacial evaporator 3.41-fold increase VOC (phenol) removal compared conventional system, achieving over 99.6% maintaining high vapor flux of 1.90 kg/m2/h. innovative was further validated using ZnO-based photocatalysts, demonstrating broad applicability OV-engineering systems. fully utilizing content improving dynamics, this approach represents significant advancement treatment technologies, offering scalable highly efficient solution production.

Язык: Английский

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