Plant transpiration-inspired environmental energy-enhanced solar evaporator fabricated by polypyrrole decorated polyester fiber bundles for efficient water purification

Extremely high-efficiency solar steam generation, robust and scalable photothermal evaporator based on ZIF-67@MXene/rGO decorated rock wool

“…5d shows the evaporation efficiency against evaporation rate compared with previous literature reports. 15,63,64 There are some similar performances with other evaporators, 65–69 but the sample heights used in these was much higher (>6 cm) than the current work on RW/ZMG (3.5 cm). The detailed comparison can be refer to Table S2 †.…”

Ferric Tannate-Decorated Polyester Fiber Pillar with Vertical Channels for Zero Liquid Discharge Solar Desalination

“…However, the 8 h mass change plots of every day remain stable. This probably occurs because sunlight promotes rapid solution transportation and prevents salts from building up during evaporation, which is like transpiration in plants. , For the fifth 8 h, the evaporation rate of each hour decreases, and salts can be observed in the distillation tank, as shown in Figures c and S5. Intriguingly, salt crystals can be collected by continuous evaporation of 20 wt % brine, resulting in ZLD.…”

Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

“…Xiong et al modified industrial polyester fiber bundles (PFB) incorporated with PPy to produce water evaporation materials. 396 A high water evaporation rate of 3.77 kg m −2 h −1 was achieved. Within the pH range of 1–13, the evaporation efficiency can still be maintained above 3.6 kg m −2 h −1 .…”

“…Due to the unique chemical composition and physical structure of particular photothermal materials, such as basalt fibers, 395 polyester fiber, 396 poly(arylene sulfide sulfone) (PASS), 397 PVA, 389 etc., they can maintain their advantages and characteristics under extreme conditions such as strong acids and alkalis. Basalt fibers have advantages such as high thermal stability, low 396 A high water evaporation rate of 3.77 kg m À2 h À1 was achieved. Within the pH range of 1-13, the evaporation efficiency can still be maintained above 3.6 kg m À2 h À1 .…”

“…Corrosion in strong acid and alkali solutions increases the difficulty of their wastewater treatment. Due to the unique chemical composition and physical structure of particular photothermal materials, such as basalt fibers, 395 polyester fiber, 396 poly(arylene sulfide sulfone) (PASS), 397 PVA, 389 etc. , they can maintain their advantages and characteristics under extreme conditions such as strong acids and alkalis.…”