A graphene assembled porous fiber-based Janus membrane for highly effective solar steam generation

as-obtained evaporator exhibits high solar absorbance, superior photothermal property and energy conversion efficiency, which is much higher than those of other reported Janus membrane evaporators and also better than the fabricated carbon nanotube-, and graphene sheet-based Janus membrane evaporator. The water purification results indicate that the fabricated graphene fiber-based Janus membrane is highly effective in seawater desalination without obvious salt accumulation and heavy metal wastewater purification. This study proposes a neotype graphene assembly for the fabrication of Janus membrane evapo Owing to the shortage of clean water as the global problem, the exploration of photothermal substances with high performance solar steam generation for sustainable water purification is essential and urgent. Herein, we demonstrate the assembly of two-dimensional graphene into one-dimensional rough, loose, and porous fibers and further use the assembled fibers to fabricate Janus membrane evaporator. The specific configuration guarantees an enhanced light harvesting property through multiple reflections, and improves the vapor transport ability through the constructed interlaced network. As a result, the as-obtained evaporator exhibits high solar absorbance, superior photothermal property and energy conversion efficiency, which is much higher than those of other reported Janus membrane evaporators and also better than the fabricated carbon nanotube-, and graphene sheet-based Janus membrane evaporator. The water purification results indicate that the fabricated graphene fiber-based Janus membrane is highly effective in seawater desalination without obvious salt accumulation and heavy metal wastewater purification. This study proposes a neotype graphene assembly for the fabrication of Janus membrane evaporator, which has potential applications in desalination and wastewater decontamination. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Owing to the shortage of clean water as the global problem, the exploration of photothermal substances with high performance solar steam generation for sustainable water purification is essential and urgent. Herein, we demonstrate the assembly of two-dimensional graphene into one-dimensional rough, loose, and porous fibers and further use the assembled fibers to fabricate Janus membrane evaporator. The specific configuration guarantees an enhanced light harvesting property through multiple reflections, and improves the vapor transport ability through the constructed interlaced network. As a result, the as-obtained evaporator exhibits high solar absorbance, superior photothermal property and energy con-version efficiency, which is much higher than those of other reported Janus membrane evaporators and also better than the fabricated carbon nanotube-, and graphene sheet-based Janus membrane evaporator. The water purification results indicate that the fabricated graphene fiber-based Janus membrane is highly effective in seawater desalination without obvious salt accumulation and heavy metal wastewater purifi-cation. This study proposes a neotype graphene assembly for the fabrication of Janus membrane evapo-rator, which has potential applications in desalination and wastewater decontamination. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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The study demonstrates that the graphene fiber-based Janus membrane evaporator shows superior performance in solar absorbance, photothermal property, and energy conversion efficiency, making it highly effective in seawater desalination and heavy metal wastewater purification.