Reviewing wood-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators for desalination

Solar desalination: A review of recent developments in environmental, regulatory and economic issues

“…For instance, very-high evaporation efficiencies were achieved for very saline (e.g., brackish water) solutions. The Janus wood evaporator has asymmetric surface wettability, where the top layer acts as a hydrophobic solar absorber with water blockage and salt resistance, while the bottom hydrophilic wood layer allows for rapid water replenishment and superior thermal insulation (Figure 4) [31]. According to the authors there was a higher evaporator efficiency and a greater resistance to salt erosion.…”

Inventions, innovations, and new technologies: Solar Desalination

“…A technoeconomic analysis of novel Janus evaporator and other related systems is reported in a recent review published in Solar Compass [19]. The review emphasized more on sustainable photochemical-based desalination using Janus wood architecture nanotechnology, as proposed by Dong et al [20], that overcomes many of the current solar desalination issues.…”

Bioinspired photothermal polyaniline composite polyurethane sponge: Interlayer engineering for high-concentration seawater desalination

“…A great deal of work on highly e cient solar evaporation systems has been devoted to exploring the design of broadband spectrum absorption [10,11], energy ow management, and open-porous water channels [12][13][14][15][16]. Usually, the evaporator with broad-spectrum solar absorbers [17,18], porous oating systems, and appropriate thermal insulation can achieve a high evaporation performance [19][20][21]. Nevertheless, salt accumulation during desalination is still a challenge that impedes the widespread use of solar evaporators.…”