Interfacial solar evaporator for brine treatment: the importance of resilience to high salinity

Interface engineering of amorphous boron for high-efficiency interfacial solar steam generation

“…5 Recently, interfacial solar vapor generation by converting solar-thermal energy to the air/liquid interface has been proposed as a future alternative to traditional evaporation based on bulk heating. 6,7 Therefore, improving evaporation efficiency for higher solar steam generation yields is an important goal in environmental cleaning systems.…”

Micro-flower like 1T-2H-MoS2@ZIF8@C composites for efficient interfacial solar vapor generation

“…4–6 In contrast, solar-powered interfacial evaporation for seawater desalination is an efficient and promising method of producing purified fresh water through the evaporation of seawater using renewable solar energy. 7–12 In addition, power generation, sanitation, and wastewater treatment can be accomplished with solar steam power. 13 The solar-powered interface evaporation system consists of a photothermal material that is buoyant on the water's surface, and it takes in the energy from the sun and transforms it into heat energy.…”

3D Cellular Solar Crystallizer for Stable and Ultra‐Efficient High‐Salinity Wastewater Treatment

“…Interfacial solar brine crystallizers, which crystallize salts from the near‐saturation brines through local heating by solar‐thermal conversion near the liquid‐air interface, bring a new dimension to ZLD for their potential in efficiency and cost‐effectiveness. [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ] Over the past few years, many efforts have been directed to advance the performance and stability of solar crystallizers for ZLD. [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ] In 2017, Finnerty et al [ 31 ] reported the possibility of achieving ZLD through salt accumulation by evaporation on “artificial leaves”.…”