Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications

Zhu, Liangliang; Gao, Minmin; Peh, Connor Kang Nuo; Ho, Ghim Wei

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.046

Cited by 670 publications

(304 citation statements)

References 117 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

291

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Solar steaming shows great potencies as a clean, renewable, and sustainable technology for water production due to the abundance of solar energy that reaches individuals, homes, and large facilities . Over the past 5 years, a number of photothermal materials with designed chemistry and structures have been investigated for high‐efficiency solar steaming . The studied materials range from plasmonic metal nanoparticles (NPs) to carbonaceous materials .…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Portable Low‐Pressure Solar Steaming‐Collection Unisystem with Polypyrrole Origamis

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Solar steaming has emerged as a promising green technology that can address the global issue of scarcity of clean water. However, developing high‐performance, cost‐effective, and manufacturable solar‐steaming materials, and portable solar steaming‐collection systems for individuals remains a great challenge. Here, a one‐step, low‐cost, and mass‐producible synthesis of polypyrrole (PPy) origami‐based photothermal materials, and an original portable low‐pressure controlled solar steaming‐collection unisystem, offering synergetic high rates in both water evaporation and steam collection, are reported. Due to enhanced areas for vapor dissipation, the PPy origami improves the water evaporation rate by at least 71% to 2.12 kg m−2 h−1 from that of a planar structure and exhibits a solar–thermal energy conversion efficiency of 91.5% under 1 Sun. When further controlling the pressure to ≈0.17 atm in the steaming‐collection unisystem, the water collection rate improves by up to 52% systematically and dramatically. Although partial energy is utilized toward obtaining low‐pressure, evaluations show that the overall energy efficiency is improved remarkably in the low‐pressure system compared to that in ambient pressure. Furthermore, the device demonstrates effective decontamination of heavy metals, bacteria, and desalination. This work can inspire new paradigms toward developing high‐performance solar steaming technologies for individuals and households.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Portable Low‐Pressure Solar Steaming‐Collection Unisystem with Polypyrrole Origamis

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The microstructure plays a critical role on the water transport and solar absorption of the SISG system. [47] Figure 2a shows the outer surface of the FFNC sample. It consists of starch granules with different sizes.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generator with Controlled Macromorphology Derived from Flour via “Dough Figurine” Technology

Wang

et al. 2019

Energy Tech

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A solar‐driven interface steam generator (SISG) has potential applications in saline water desalination and polluted water purification. A shape‐ and size‐controlled, low‐cost, eco‐friendly solar‐absorber material is urgently desired for practical applications of SISGs. Herein, a facile, sustainable, and scalable approach is proposed to produce tailored SISGs with controlled macromorphology derived from flour via “dough figurine” technology originating from the China Han Dynasty. Three kinds of self‐floated flour‐based absorbers, i.e., near‐cylindrical (integrated), near‐spherical (loose packing), and powdery (dense packing) absorber used as SISGs, are discussed. More importantly, it is found that the macromorphology significantly influences water transport and interfacial thermal management of SISGs; thus the integrated absorber has an obvious advantage over the other two absorbers, which possesses a high evaporation efficiency of 71.9% at normal solar illumination. The proposed “dough figurine” technology breaks the limitations of the inherent geometry of reported biomass‐based SISGs, which provides an important guidance for SISG use in remote and impoverished areas.

show abstract

“…Wide solar absorber materials, including carbon‐based materials, semiconductors and metals, have been reviewed by Gao et al Zhu et al highlighted the solar‐driven interfacial water evaporation for wider applications . Yang et al not only presented the environmental purification but also the fuel production based on the solar harvester .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Solar‐Inspired Water Purification Based on Emerging 2D Materials: Status and Challenges

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water shortage and the energy crisis are two major global challenges in this century. The solution for water crisis should be based on a sustainable energy source. Solar‐inspired water purification is an efficient and green technology for tackling the water challenge using abundant and clean solar energy through photothermal evaporation‐induced water production, photoinduced antimicrobial treatment, and photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants. 2D nanomaterials draw significant attention for their use these three water‐purification methods because of their large surface area, broadband and strong absorption in the solar spectral range, and efficient photothermal and photocatalytic transformation. Herein, the recent development of 2D nanomaterials applied in photothermal evaporation, photoinduced antimicrobial treatment, and photocatalytic capability is comprehensively overviewed. Various strategies in enhancing the light‐absorption and light‐conversion efficiency for different 2D nanomaterials are presented. The challenges and perspectives of these 2D nanomaterials are further discussed for practical water purification. This Review highlights these green energy–driven water‐purification methods based on emerging 2D materials.

show abstract

Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications

Cited by 670 publications

References 117 publications

Portable Low‐Pressure Solar Steaming‐Collection Unisystem with Polypyrrole Origamis

Portable Low‐Pressure Solar Steaming‐Collection Unisystem with Polypyrrole Origamis

Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generator with Controlled Macromorphology Derived from Flour via “Dough Figurine” Technology

Solar‐Inspired Water Purification Based on Emerging 2D Materials: Status and Challenges

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About