Nanomaterials for the water-energy nexus

Metasurfaces Leveraging Solar Energy for Icephobicity

(2018) Efstratios Mitridis et al.   ACS Nano

Wood Nanotechnology for Strong, Mesoporous, and Hydrophobic Biocomposites for Selective Separation of Oil/Water Mixtures

(2018) Qiliang Fu et al.   ACS Nano

Novel Receiver-Enhanced Solar Vapor Generation: Review and Perspectives

(2018) et al.   Energies

A super hygroscopic hydrogel for harnessing ambient humidity for energy conservation and harvesting

(2018) Dilip Krishna Nandakumar et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A salt-rejecting floating solar still for low-cost desalination

(2018) George Ni et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Harvesting Water from Air: Using Anhydrous Salt with Sunlight

(2018) Renyuan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High-flux water desalination with interfacial salt sieving effect in nanoporous carbon composite membranes

(2018) Wei Chen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Precipitation formation from orographic cloud seeding

(2018) Jeffrey R. French et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

(2018) Hyunho Kim et al.   Nature Communications

High-performance bifunctional porous non-noble metal phosphide catalyst for overall water splitting

(2018) Fang Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Challenges and Prospects in Solar Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction with Inorganic and Hybrid Nanostructures

(2018) Jacek K. Stolarczyk et al.   ACS Catalysis

Assessment of Ground-Based and Aerial Cloud Seeding Using Trace Chemistry

(2018) James M. Fisher et al.   Advances in Meteorology

Engineering a Full Gamut of Structural Colors in All-Dielectric Mesoporous Network Metamaterials

(2018) Alejandra Ruiz-Clavijo et al.   ACS Photonics

Emerging investigator series: the rise of nano-enabled photothermal materials for water evaporation and clean water production by sunlight

(2018) Peng Wang   Environmental Science-Nano

Nature-Inspired, 3D Origami Solar Steam Generator toward Near Full Utilization of Solar Energy

(2018) Seunghyun Hong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Narrow bandgap semiconductor decorated wood membrane for high-efficiency solar-assisted water purification

(2018) Hanwen Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photothermal trap utilizing solar illumination for ice mitigation

(2018) Susmita Dash et al.   Science Advances

Contactless steam generation and superheating under one sun illumination

(2018) Thomas A. Cooper et al.   Nature Communications

Landfill gas-powered atmospheric water harvesting for oilfield operations in the United States

(2017) Enakshi D. Wikramanayake et al.   ENERGY

Solar-driven simultaneous steam production and electricity generation from salinity

(2017) Peihua Yang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Plasmonically-assisted nanoarchitectures for solar water splitting: Obstacles and breakthroughs

(2017) Joong Bum Lee et al.   Nano Today

Nanophotonics-enabled solar membrane distillation for off-grid water purification

(2017) Pratiksha D. Dongare et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight

(2017) Hyunho Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling

(2017) Yao Zhai et al.   SCIENCE

Near-Perfect Ultrathin Nanocomposite Absorber with Self-Formed Topping Plasmonic Nanoparticles

(2017) Jin You Lu et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Losses in plasmonics: from mitigating energy dissipation to embracing loss-enabled functionalities

(2017) Svetlana V. Boriskina et al.   Advances in Optics and Photonics

Aerogel-based solar thermal receivers

(2017) Kenneth McEnaney et al.   Nano Energy

Metafabrics for Thermoregulation and Energy-Harvesting Applications

(2017) Samad Jafar-Zanjani et al.   ACS Photonics

Daytime Radiative Cooling Using Near-Black Infrared Emitters

(2017) Jun-long Kou et al.   ACS Photonics

Tuning Transpiration by Interfacial Solar Absorber-Leaf Engineering

(2017) Shendong Zhuang et al.   Advanced Science

Particulate photocatalysts for overall water splitting

(2017) Shanshan Chen et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

A dual-mode textile for human body radiative heating and cooling

(2017) Po-Chun Hsu et al.   Science Advances

Efficient Solar-Thermal Energy Harvest Driven by Interfacial Plasmonic Heating-Assisted Evaporation

(2016) Chao Chang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic Water-Collecting Fabric with Light-Induced Superhydrophilic Bumps

(2016) Yuanfeng Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Toward a High-Efficient Utilization of Solar Radiation by Quad-Band Solar Spectral Splitting

(2016) Feng Cao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photothermal Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination

(2016) Antonio Politano et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

(2016) Chong Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination

(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Solar stills: A comprehensive review of designs, performance and material advances

(2016) D. Dsilva Winfred Rufuss et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Nanoporous fabrics could keep you cool

(2016) Svetlana V. Boriskina   SCIENCE

Radiative human body cooling by nanoporous polyethylene textile

(2016) Po-Chun Hsu et al.   SCIENCE

Roadmap on optical energy conversion

(2016) Svetlana V Boriskina et al.   Journal of Optics

Radiative cooling to deep sub-freezing temperatures through a 24-h day–night cycle

(2016) Zhen Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Modeling silica aerogel optical performance by determining its radiative properties

(2016) Lin Zhao et al.   AIP Advances

Localized Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Ultrathin Film Broadband Nanoporous Absorbers

(2016) Jin You Lu et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Heat meets light on the nanoscale

(2016) Svetlana V. Boriskina et al.   Nanophotonics

Radiative Cooling: Principles, Progress, and Potentials

(2016) Md. Muntasir Hossain et al.   Advanced Science

Steam generation under one sun enabled by a floating structure with thermal concentration

(2016) George Ni et al.   Nature Energy

Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation

(2016) L. Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

(2016) M. M. Mekonnen et al.   Science Advances

Total Internal Reflection Accounts for the Bright Color of the Saharan Silver Ant

(2016) Quentin Willot et al.   PLoS One

Sunlight-Sensitive Anti-Fouling Nanostructured TiO2 coated Cu Meshes for Ultrafast Oily Water Treatment

(2016) HaoRan Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Floatable, Self-Cleaning, and Carbon-Black-Based Superhydrophobic Gauze for the Solar Evaporation Enhancement at the Air–Water Interface

(2015) Yiming Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hydrophobic Light-to-Heat Conversion Membranes with Self-Healing Ability for Interfacial Solar Heating

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multifunctional Porous Graphene for High-Efficiency Steam Generation by Heat Localization

(2015) Yoshikazu Ito et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper-Based System for High-Performance Large-Scale Evaporation

(2015) Yanming Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Envisioning advanced solar electricity generation: Parametric studies of CPV/T systems with spectral filtering and high temperature PV

(2015) Todd P. Otanicar et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Concentrating Solar Power

(2015) Lee A. Weinstein et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Plasmonic Biofoam: A Versatile Optically Active Material

(2015) Limei Tian et al.   NANO LETTERS

Control of radiative processes for energy conversion and harvesting

(2015) Peter Bermel et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a visibly transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody

(2015) Linxiao Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Keeping cool: Enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation in Saharan silver ants

(2015) N. N. Shi et al.   SCIENCE

Accurate determination of the total hemispherical emittance and solar absorptance of opaque surfaces at elevated temperatures

(2015) Daniel Kraemer et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Water from air: an overlooked source of moisture in arid and semiarid regions

(2015) Theresa A. McHugh et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhancing Localized Evaporation through Separated Light Absorbing Centers and Scattering Centers

(2015) Dengwu Zhao et al.   Scientific Reports

Anisotropic Light Transport in White Beetle Scales

(2015) Lorenzo Cortese et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Inkjet printing for direct micropatterning of a superhydrophobic surface: toward biomimetic fog harvesting surfaces

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumetric solar heating of nanofluids for direct vapor generation

(2015) George Ni et al.   Nano Energy

Infrared-Transparent Visible-Opaque Fabrics for Wearable Personal Thermal Management

(2015) Jonathan K. Tong et al.   ACS Photonics

Enabling Ideal Selective Solar Absorption with 2D Metallic Dielectric Photonic Crystals

(2014) Jeffrey B. Chou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

(2014) Feng Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Nanoparticles Heat through Light Localization

(2014) Nathaniel J. Hogan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Bioinspired micro-/nanostructure fibers with a water collecting property

(2014) Yuan Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight

(2014) Aaswath P. Raman et al.   NATURE

Global optimization of omnidirectional wavelength selective emitters/absorbers based on dielectric-filled anti-reflection coated two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals

(2014) Yi Xiang Yeng et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Bio-Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air-Water Interface

(2014) Zhenhui Wang et al.   Small

Solar steam generation by heat localization

(2014) Hadi Ghasemi et al.   Nature Communications

Metallic nanostructures for light trapping in energy-harvesting devices

(2014) Chuan Fei Guo et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Radiative cooling of solar cells

(2014) Linxiao Zhu et al.   Optica

Enhancement of absorption and color contrast in ultra-thin highly absorbing optical coatings

(2013) Mikhail A. Kats et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Assessment of Effluent Contaminants from Three Facilities Discharging Marcellus Shale Wastewater to Surface Waters in Pennsylvania

(2013) Kyle J. Ferrar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network Structures for Fog Harvesting

(2013) Kyoo-Chul Park et al.   LANGMUIR

Plasmonic materials for energy: From physics to applications

(2013) Svetlana V. Boriskina et al.   Materials Today

On the Nanoengineering of Superhydrophobic and Impalement Resistant Surface Textures below the Freezing Temperature

(2013) Tanmoy Maitra et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrabroadband Photonic Structures To Achieve High-Performance Daytime Radiative Cooling

(2013) Eden Rephaeli et al.   NANO LETTERS

Compact solar autoclave based on steam generation using broadband light-harvesting nanoparticles

(2013) O. Neumann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spectral beam splitting for efficient conversion of solar energy—A review

(2013) Ahmad Mojiri et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

State-of-the-art of solar thermal power plants—A review

(2013) V. Siva Reddy et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Radiative- and artificial-cooling enhanced dew collection in a coastal area of South Australia

(2013) Huade Guan et al.   Urban Water Journal

Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles

(2012) Oara Neumann et al.   ACS Nano

Water Collection Behavior and Hanging Ability of Bioinspired Fiber

(2012) Yongping Hou et al.   LANGMUIR

A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Review of researches and developments on solar stills

(2011) A.E. Kabeel et al.   DESALINATION

Solar evaporation enhancement using floating light-absorbing magnetic particles

(2011) Yao Zeng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High-performance flat-panel solar thermoelectric generators with high thermal concentration

(2011) Daniel Kraemer et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE

Adsorption of water vapour on activated alumina. I -- equilibrium behaviour

(2010) R. Desai et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Solar Water Splitting Cells

(2010) Michael G. Walter et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Spectrally-Selective Photonic Structures for PV Applications

(2010) Marius Peters et al.   Energies

Adsorption Equilibrium of Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor on Zeolites 5A and 13X and Silica Gel: Pure Components

(2009) Yu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA

Review of passive solar heating and cooling technologies

(2009) Hoy-Yen Chan et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

(2008) Mark A. Shannon et al.   NATURE

Fog collection in the western Mediterranean basin (Valencia region, Spain)

(2007) María J. Estrela et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH