Journal
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 6023-6029Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0se00914h
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51803077, 52073124]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20180627]
- Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China [2018M630517, 2019T120389]
- MOE & SAFEA, the 111 Project [B13025]
- national.rst-class discipline program of Light Industry Technology and Engineering [LITE2018-19]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [SJCX20_0747]
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Solar-driven water evaporation has been considered as a promising strategy to solve the growing water shortage and water pollution problems. Developing low-cost and large-scale photo-thermal materials combined with highly efficient solar steam generation, water transport and environmental stability still remains a huge challenge. Herein, we proposed a design of Cu2S/Cu2O/Cu foam (Cu2S/Cu2O/CF) hierarchical structure through the interface engineering approach. The heterostructure contains the unique Cu2O/Cu2S core-shell nanowire and Cu foam substrate. The as-prepared Cu2S/Cu2O/Cu nanostructure achieved a high light absorption performance (96%), a high evaporation rate of 1.44 kg m(-2) h(-1) and a solar thermal conversion efficiency of 83.1% under 1 sun irradiation. The antifouling ability makes Cu2S/Cu2O/CF flexible in various kinds of water including polluted water and seawater. In addition, its excellent hydrophilic properties provide Cu2S/Cu2O/CF with anti-oil pollution capability, improving efficient water transport to the evaporator surface and purifying the raw water. The Cu2S/Cu2O/CF nanocomposite provides a promising route for freshwater production via solar distillation.
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