Tree-inspired efficient solar evaporation and simultaneous in-situ purification of ultra-highly concentrated mixed volatile organic wastewater

Efficient Solar‐Powered Interfacial Evaporation, Water Remediation, and Waste Conversion Based on a Tumbler‐Inspired, All‐Cellulose, and Monolithic Design

“…Apart from stable solar evaporation, water remediation is another promising hybrid application available to purify wastewater containing heavy metals, organic compounds, plant nutrients, etc. [54][55][56][57][58] Particularly, heavy metal contamination in wastewater is a huge issue due to its high toxicity and nonbiodegradability. [59] Numerous treatment methods such as membrane separation, ion exchange, evaporation, and adsorption have been developed to remove heavy metal ions from wastewater.…”

Materials design and system structures of solar steam evaporators

“…To obtain a low‐cost, high‐efficiency, widely used natural water purification technology, solar evaporator has been proposed and used for the production of clean water 7,8 . High solar energy conversion efficiency requires excellent light absorption, thermal conduction, and water supply performance.…”

“…To obtain a low-cost, high-efficiency, widely used natural water purification technology, solar evaporator has been proposed and used for the production of clean water. 7,8 High solar energy conversion efficiency requires excellent light absorption, thermal conduction, and water supply performance. Many efforts have been devoted to developing solar steam system to achieve the high light-to-heat conversion efficiency and practical reference value.…”

Incorporation of a Z-scheme AgI/Ag6Si2O7 heterojunction to PET fabric for efficient and repeatable photocatalytic dye degradation

“…It has the advantages of low energy consumption, easy operation, and no secondary pollution, which makes it a promising environmentally friendly wastewater treatment technology. 10…”

“…It has the advantages of low energy consumption, easy operation, and no secondary pollution, which makes it a promising environmentally friendly wastewater treatment technology. 10 The core of catalytic technology is photocatalytic materials, 11,12 among which TiO 2 and ZnO (3.2 eV and 3.0 eV, respectively) are currently the most widely used material. Nevertheless, the shortcomings of the catalysts, particularly their inability to absorb visible light and low quantum conversion efficiency, have severely limited their application scope.…”