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Recent progress of solar-driven interfacial evaporation based on organic semiconductor materials

SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY (2023)

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Summary: In recent decades, rapid advances in solar water evaporation have focused on low-cost and efficient freshwater production by introducing various photothermal materials. However, the accumulation of salt crystals on the surface of photothermal materials poses a challenge to their efficiency. Strategies such as mechanical and natural washing, salt rejection techniques, and advanced salt-blocking technologies are being developed to address this issue for practical long-term solar desalination.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

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Salt-Rejecting Solar Interfacial Evaporation

Guohua Liu et al.

Summary: Solar evaporation with salt-rejecting techniques offers promising opportunities for enhancing the sustainability of desalination processes. Nanotechnology may be utilized to overcome operational issues, such as salt fouling. Understanding phase diagrams, salt crystallization physics, and advancements in salt-rejecting techniques are essential for the development of efficient solar desalination systems.

CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE (2021)

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Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation: Materials and Structural Design

Xinzhe Min et al.

Summary: The article introduces environmentally friendly water treatment technologies using solar-driven evaporation and emphasizes the thermodynamic and kinetic advantages of interfacial solar vapor generation, including efficient energy transfer and evaporation rate. By adjusting optical structures, designing water pathways and bioinspired structures, and utilizing environmental energy, the evaporation rate can be further increased.

ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH (2021)

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Bio-inspired vertically aligned polyaniline nanofiber layers enabling extremely high-efficiency solar membrane distillation for water purification

Yubing Peng et al.

Summary: A bio-inspired photothermal membrane design for solar-driven membrane distillation (SDMD) shows high light absorption and outstanding performance, indicating great potential for practical applications.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

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Bioinspired structural and functional designs towards interfacial solar steam generation for clean water production

Xiuli Dong et al.

Summary: Fresh water shortage is rapidly becoming a global crisis, and solar-driven evaporation has attracted significant research interest due to its low-cost and sustainable potential. Through the study of multifunctional evaporator designs, salt-rejection, and anti-fouling capabilities, important references for long-term and efficient solar water collection are provided.

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS (2021)

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A simple and universal strategy to deposit Ag/polypyrrole on various substrates for enhanced interfacial solar evaporation and antibacterial activity

Ying Xu et al.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2020)

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In situ chemo-polymerized polypyrrole-coated filter paper for high-efficient solar vapor generation

Yuliang Zhang et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH (2020)

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Article Environmental Sciences

A facile foaming-polymerization strategy to prepare 3D MnO2 modified biochar-based porous hydrogels for efficient removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II)

Zhiying Wu et al.

CHEMOSPHERE (2020)

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Self-assembled core-shell polydopamine@MXene with synergistic solar absorption capability for highly efficient solar-to-vapor generation

Xing Zhao et al.

NANO RESEARCH (2020)

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Conductively monolithic polypyrrole 3-D porous architecture with micron-sized channels as superior salt-resistant solar steam generators

Yukang Fan et al.

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS (2020)

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Overcoming salt crystallization with ionic hydrogel for accelerating solar evaporation

Xinzhen Zhao et al.

DESALINATION (2020)

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In situ generation of carbonized polyaniline nanowires on thermally-treated and electrochemically-etched carbon fiber cloth for high efficient solar seawater desalination

Kai Wang et al.

DESALINATION (2020)

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Flexible and Efficient Solar Thermal Generators Based on Polypyrrole Coated Natural Latex Foam for Multimedia Purification

You Xu et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2020)

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Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Cellulose-Conducting Polymer Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Shaobo Han et al.

ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS (2020)

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A high efficiency solar steam generation system with using residual heat to enhance steam escape

Binglin Bai et al.

DESALINATION (2020)

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Electrospun reduced graphene oxide/polyacrylonitrile membrane for high-performance solar evaporation

Xinfei Fan et al.

SOLAR ENERGY (2020)

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Plasmonic wooden flower for highly efficient solar vapor generation

Si Chen et al.

NANO ENERGY (2020)

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A lotus leaf like vertical hierarchical solar vapor generator for stable and efficient evaporation of high-salinity brine

Shaoan Cheng et al.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2020)

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Stackable nickel-cobalt@polydopamine nanosheet based photothermal sponges for highly efficient solar steam generation

Bo Shao et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2020)

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Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production

Minmin Gao et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2019)

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N-doped graphene/carbon hybrid aerogels for efficient solar steam generation

Bingbing Huo et al.

CARBON (2019)

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Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications

Liangliang Zhu et al.

NANO ENERGY (2019)

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The revival of thermal utilization from the Sun: interfacial solar vapor generation

Lin Zhou et al.

NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW (2019)

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Flame-treated and fast-assembled foam system for direct solar steam generation and non-plugging high salinity desalination with self-cleaning effect

Peng-Fei Liu et al.

APPLIED ENERGY (2019)

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Interfacial Solar-to-Heat Conversion for Desalination

Huidong Liu et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2019)

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Porphyrin Covalent Organic Framework (POF)-Based Interface Engineering for Solar Steam Generation

Zi-Jing Xia et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES (2019)

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Harnessing Solar-Driven Photothermal Effect toward the Water-Energy Nexus

Chao Zhang et al.

ADVANCED SCIENCE (2019)

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Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

Xingyi Zhou et al.

SCIENCE ADVANCES (2019)

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Recyclable Polydopamine-Functionalized Sponge for High-Efficiency Clean Water Generation with Dual-Purpose Solar Evaporation and Contaminant Adsorption

Yue Zhang et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2019)

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Flexible and Washable CNT-Embedded PAN Nonwoven Fabrics for Solar-Enabled Evaporation and Desalination of Seawater

Bo Zhu et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2019)

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Hydrogels as an Emerging Material Platform for Solar Water Purification

Xingyi Zhou et al.

ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH (2019)

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In situ synthesis of PPy-FexOy-CTS nanostructured gel membrane for highly efficient solar steam generation

Weilai Wang et al.

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS (2019)

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Plasmon Ag-Promoted Solar-Thermal Conversion on Floating Carbon Cloth for Seawater Desalination and Sewage Disposal

Panzhe Qiao et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2019)

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Architecting a Floatable, Durable, and Scalable Steam Generator: Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Bifunctional Structure for Solar Evaporation Enhancement

Tingting Gao et al.

SMALL METHODS (2019)

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Spatially isolating salt crystallisation from water evaporation for continuous solar steam generation and salt harvesting

Yun Xia et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2019)

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Hollow black TiAlOx nanocomposites for solar thermal desalination

Luocai Yi et al.

NANOSCALE (2019)

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Plasmon-enhanced solar vapor generation

Jie Liang et al.

NANOPHOTONICS (2019)

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Solar steam generation based on the photothermal effect: from designs to applications, and beyond

Yawen Lin et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2019)

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Nature-inspired salt resistant bimodal porous solar evaporator for efficient and stable water desalination

Shuaiming He et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2019)

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A new carbon-black/cellulose-sponge system with water supplied by injection for enhancing solar vapor generation

Shang Liu et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2019)

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Anti-biofouling double-layered unidirectional scaffold for long-term solar-driven water evaporation

Xiang-Ying Wang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2019)

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Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Evaporation

Chaoji Chen et al.

JOULE (2019)

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PEGylated Self-Growth MoS2 on a Cotton Cloth Substrate for High-Efficiency Solar Energy Utilization

Zhenzhen Guo et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2018)

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Efficient solar water vapor generation enabled by water-absorbing polypyrrole coated cotton fabric with enhanced heat localization

Dandan Hao et al.

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING (2018)

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Novel Receiver-Enhanced Solar Vapor Generation: Review and Perspectives

Aikifa Raza et al.

ENERGIES (2018)

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Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

Weichao Xu et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2018)

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High throughput of clean water excluding ions, organic media, and bacteria from defect-abundant graphene aerogel under sunlight

Panpan Zhang et al.

NANO ENERGY (2018)

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Hierarchical Porous Carbonized Lotus Seedpods for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Jing Fang et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2018)

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Carbon-Based Sunlight Absorbers in Solar-Driven Steam Generation Devices

Van-Duong Dao et al.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES (2018)

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Photothermal Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination

Antonio Politano et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

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Rational design of a bi-layered reduced graphene oxide film on polystyrene foam for solar-driven interfacial water evaporation

Le Shi et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2017)

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Ag/diatomite for highly efficient solar vapor generation under one-sun irradiation

Jing Fang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2017)

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Polydopamine-filled bacterial nanocellulose as a biodegradable interfacial photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation

Qisheng Jiang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2017)

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Extremely Black Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Solar Steam Generation

Zhe Yin et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2017)

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Non-stoichiometric MoO3-x quantum dots as a light-harvesting material for interfacial water evaporation

Dandan Ding et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2017)

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Solar steam generation through bio-inspired interface heating of broadband-absorbing plasmonic membranes

Xinzhi Wang et al.

APPLIED ENERGY (2017)

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Vertically Aligned Graphene Sheets Membrane for Highly Efficient Solar Thermal Generation of Clean Water

Panpan Zhang et al.

ACS NANO (2017)

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Internal pore decoration with polydopamine nanoparticle on polymeric ultrafiltration membrane for enhanced heavy metal removal

Xiaofeng Fang et al.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2017)

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MXene Ti3C2: An Effective 2D Light-to-Heat Conversion Material

Renyuan Li et al.

ACS NANO (2017)

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Bilayered Biofoam for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Qisheng Jiang et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2016)

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Multifunctional Porous Graphene for High-Efficiency Steam Generation by Heat Localization

Yoshikazu Ito et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2015)

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Superhydrophobic polyaniline hollow spheres with mesoporous brain-like convex-fold shell textures

Ruixia Yuan et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2015)

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Polydopamine and Its Derivative Materials: Synthesis and Promising Applications in Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Fields

Yanlan Liu et al.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2014)

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Metal sulfide nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications in energy conversion and storage

Chen-Ho Lai et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY (2012)

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The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

Menachem Elimelech et al.

SCIENCE (2011)

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Porphyrins in analytical chemistry. A review

M Biesaga et al.

TALANTA (2000)

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