Journal
CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 623-628Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02967e
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- National Science Foundation of China [20161300524, 21274075]
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Efficient and cost-effective solar steam generation requires self-floating evaporators which can convert light into heat, prevent unnecessary heat loss and greatly accelerate evaporation without solar concentrators. Currently, the most efficient evaporators (efficiency of similar to 80% under 1 sun) are invariably built from inorganic materials, which are difficult to mold into monolithic sheets. Here, we present a new polymer which can be easily solution processed into a self-floating monolithic foam. The single-component foam can be used as an evaporator with an efficiency at 1 sun comparable to that of the best graphene-based evaporators. Even at 0.5 sun, the efficiency can reach 80%. Moreover, the foam is mechanically strong, thermally stable to 300 degrees C and chemically resistant to organic solvents.
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