Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201704505
Keywords
2D flexible membranes; MoS2; solar steam generation; ultrathin membranes
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0208000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21422105, 21675120, 51325202]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China [2015CFA032]
- Ten Thousand Talents Program for Young Talents
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics at Hunan University [734106172]
- [531107050973]
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Solar steam generation is achieved by localized heating system using various floating photothermal materials. However, the steam generation efficiency is hindered by the difficulty in obtaining a photothermal material with ultrathin structure yet sufficient solar spectrum absorption capability. Herein, for the first time, an ultrathin 2D porous photothermal film based on MoS2 nanosheets and single-walled nanotube (SWNT) films is prepared. The as-prepared SWNT-MoS2 film exhibits an absorption of more than 82% over the whole solar spectrum range even with an ultrathin thickness of approximate to 120 nm. Moreover, the SWNT-MoS2 film floating on the water surface can generate a sharp temperature gradient due to the localized heat confinement effect. Meanwhile, the ultrathin and porous structure effectively facilitates the fast water vapor escaping, consequently an impressively high evaporation efficiency of 91.5% is achieved. Additionally, the superior mechanical strength of the SWNT-MoS2 film enables the film to be reused for atleast 20 solar illumination cycles and maintains stable water productivity as well as high salt rejection performance. This rational designed hybrid architecture provides a novel strategy for constructing 2D-based nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting, chemical separation, and related technologies.
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