Strategies for breaking theoretical evaporation limitation in direct solar steam generation

Highly efficient solar steam generation of bilayered ultralight aerogels based on N-rich conjugated microporous polymers nanotubes

(2020) Zhaoqi Zhu et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Silica treatment technologies in reverse osmosis for industrial desalination: A review

(2020) Yong-Min Park et al.   Environmental Engineering Research

High-Performance Salt-Rejecting and Cost-Effective Superhydrophilic Porous Monolithic Polymer Foam for Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Jingxian He et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Boosting solar steam generation by structure enhanced energy management

(2020) Yida Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

(2020) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Biomimetic MXene‐Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Hydrogel with Vertically Aligned Channels for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Zhenchuan Yu et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Efficient solar steam generation by using metal-versatile hierarchical nanostructures for nickel and gold with aerogel insulator

(2020) Changwook Kim et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Effect of residual commercial antiscalants on gypsum scaling and membrane wetting during direct contact membrane distillation

(2020) Fangshu Qu et al.   DESALINATION

Fouling behavior of marine organic matter in reverse osmosis membranes of a real-scale seawater desalination plant in South Korea

(2020) Yong-Gu Lee et al.   DESALINATION

Multifunctional ion exchange pretreatment driven by carbon dioxide for enhancing reverse osmosis recovery during impaired water reuse

(2020) Hang Dong et al.   DESALINATION

Fouling process of membrane distillation for seawater desalination: An especial focus on the thermal-effect and concentrating-effect during biofouling

(2020) Longjie Jiang et al.   DESALINATION

Computational study of sweeping gas membrane distillation process – Flux performance and polarization characteristics

(2020) Umar F. Alqsair et al.   DESALINATION

Insight into the magnetic lime coagulation-membrane distillation process for desulfurization wastewater treatment: From pollutant removal feature to membrane fouling

(2020) Libing Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Superhydrophilic and highly elastic monolithic sponge for efficient solar-driven radioactive wastewater treatment under one sun

(2020) Kaifu Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Membrane distillation: Progress in the improvement of dedicated membranes for enhanced hydrophobicity and desalination performance

(2020) Mohammed Karama Alsebaeai et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Plant-derived carbon nanospheres for high efficiency solar-driven steam generation and seawater desalination at low solar intensities

(2020) Higgins M. Wilson et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Surfactant-mediated prepared VO2 (M) nanoparticles for efficient solar steam generation

(2020) Mohammad Aziznezhad et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effect of salt and metal accumulation on performance of membrane distillation system and microbial community succession in membrane biofilms

(2020) Chang Liu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Efficacy of ozone for removal of pesticides, metals and indicator virus from reverse osmosis concentrates generated during potable reuse of municipal wastewaters

(2020) Jacob F. King et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Integrated photothermal aerogels with ultrahigh-performance solar steam generation

(2020) Yufei Gu et al.   Nano Energy

Energy Matching for Boosting Water Evaporation in Direct Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Xiaojiang Mu et al.   Solar RRL

Spray‐Coated Commercial PTFE Membrane from MoS 2 /LaF 3 /PDMS Ink as Solar Absorber for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Hanjin Jiang et al.   Solar RRL

Reversing heat conduction loss: Extracting energy from bulk water to enhance solar steam generation

(2020) Yida Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Bio-derived ultrathin membrane for solar driven water purification

(2019) Xiao Han et al.   Nano Energy

Full Biomass-Derived Solar Stills for Robust and Stable Evaporation To Collect Clean Water from Various Water-Bearing Media

(2019) Qile Fang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2019) Weigu Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flame-treated and fast-assembled foam system for direct solar steam generation and non-plugging high salinity desalination with self-cleaning effect

(2019) Peng-Fei Liu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Hollow Polyester Fibers for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2019) Fei Wang et al.   Energy Technology

Synergistic Energy Nanoconfinement and Water Activation in Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Desalination

(2019) Youhong Guo et al.   ACS Nano

Improving steam generation and distilled water production by volumetric solar heating

(2019) Mohammad Mustafa Ghafurian et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Graphene oxide foam fabricated with surfactant foaming method for efficient solar vapor generation

(2019) Wei Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Metal-organic framework derived porous carbon of light trapping structures for efficient solar steam generation

(2019) Sainan Ma et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation

(2019) Wenbin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

(2019) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Development and Evolution of the System Structure for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation from Zero to Three Dimensions

(2019) Jianhua Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-floating aerogel composed of carbon nanotubes and ultralong hydroxyapatite nanowires for highly efficient solar energy-assisted water purification

(2019) Dong-Dong Qin et al.   CARBON

Self-assembly carbon dots for powerful solar water evaporation

(2019) Qiao Hou et al.   CARBON

A flowerlike sponge coated with carbon black nanoparticles for enhanced solar vapor generation

(2019) Yujin Sui et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

A 3D‐Structured Sustainable Solar‐Driven Steam Generator Using Super‐Black Nylon Flocking Materials

(2019) Ce Tu et al.   Small

Paper-based integrated evaporation device for efficient solar steam generation through localized heating

(2019) Cheng-Long Guo et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Biomimetic MXene Textures with Enhanced Light‐to‐Heat Conversion for Solar Steam Generation and Wearable Thermal Management

(2019) Kerui Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A photothermal reservoir for highly efficient solar steam generation without bulk water

(2019) Xuan Wu et al.   Science Bulletin

Tailoring Aerogels and Related 3D Macroporous Monoliths for Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation

(2019) Xiaozhen Hu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermal Efficiency of Solar Steam Generation Approaching 100 % through Capillary Water Transport

(2019) Hanxue Liang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly efficient corrosion inhibitor for C1020 carbon steel during acid cleaning in multistage flash (MSF) desalination plant

(2019) Aeshah H. Alamri et al.   DESALINATION

In situ synthesis of PPy-FexOy-CTS nanostructured gel membrane for highly efficient solar steam generation

(2019) Weilai Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Scalable fabrication of monolithic porous foam based on cross-linked aromatic polymers for efficient solar steam generation

(2019) Jingxian He et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Salt‐Resistant Carbon Nanotubes/Polyvinyl Alcohol Hybrid Gels with Tunable Water Transport for High‐Efficiency and Long‐Term Solar Steam Generation

(2019) Gaoyue Hu et al.   Energy Technology

Solar-to-Steam Generation via Porous Black Membranes with Tailored Pore Structures

(2019) Kwangmo Go et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultralight Biomass Porous Foam with Aligned Hierarchical Channels as Salt-Resistant Solar Steam Generators

(2019) Jiyan Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Constructing hierarchical carbon framework and quantifying water transfer for novel solar evaporation configuration

(2019) Yang Geng et al.   CARBON

Sustainable reuse of shale gas wastewater by pre-ozonation with ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis

(2019) Peng Tang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Enhanced water yield of solar desalination by thermal concentrated multistage distiller

(2019) Lu Huang et al.   DESALINATION

Accelerated solar steam generation for efficient ions removal

(2019) Changkun Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Self-floating Bi2S3/poly (vinylidene fluoride) composites on polyurethane sponges for efficient solar water purification

(2019) Haiyan Cheng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Corrosion inhibition effect of a benzimidazole derivative on heat exchanger tubing materials during acid cleaning of multistage flash desalination plants

(2019) Ikenna B. Onyeachu et al.   DESALINATION

Effect of plasmonic nanoshell-based nanofluid on efficiency of direct solar thermal collector

(2018) Huiling Duan et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Water desalination under one sun using graphene-based material modified PTFE membrane

(2018) Lu Huang et al.   DESALINATION

Solar Absorber Material and System Designs for Photothermal Water Vaporization towards Clean Water and Energy Production

(2018) Minmin Gao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Plasmonic nanoparticle-embedded poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) nanofibrous composite films for solar steam generation

(2018) Meiling Chen et al.   Nanoscale

A facile nanocomposite strategy to fabricate a rGO–MWCNT photothermal layer for efficient water evaporation

(2018) Yuchao Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Tunable Full-Spectrum Photo-thermal Conversion Features of Magnetic-Plasmonic Fe 3 O 4 /TiN Nanofluid

(2018) Jia Zeng et al.   Nano Energy

Cold Vapor Generation beyond the Input Solar Energy Limit

(2018) Haomin Song et al.   Advanced Science

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

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

Flexible and portable graphene on carbon cloth as a power generator for electricity generation

(2018) Baofei Hou et al.   CARBON

The optical duality of tellurium nanoparticles for broadband solar energy harvesting and efficient photothermal conversion

(2018) Churong Ma et al.   Science Advances

(111) Facets-Oriented Au-Decorated Carbon Nitride Nanoplatelets for Visible-Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting

(2018) Jiaxin Bai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Extremely high water-production created by a nanoink-stained PVA evaporator with embossment structure

(2018) Ziyang Deng et al.   Nano Energy

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2018) Peng Tao et al.   Nature Energy

A flexible photothermal cotton-CuS nanocage-agarose aerogel towards portable solar steam generation

(2018) Xuan Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Recyclable Fe 3 O 4 @CNT nanoparticles for high-efficiency solar vapor generation

(2017) Lei Shi et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Investigation of photothermal heating enabled by plasmonic nanofluids for direct solar steam generation

(2017) Xinzhi Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Diameter effect of gold nanoparticles on photothermal conversion for solar steam generation

(2017) Ankang Guo et al.   RSC Advances

Facile polypyrrole thin film coating on polypropylene membrane for efficient solar-driven interfacial water evaporation

(2017) Xiayun Huang et al.   RSC Advances

The emergence of solar thermal utilization: solar-driven steam generation

(2017) Ziyang Deng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Three-dimensional artificial transpiration for efficient solar waste-water treatment

(2017) Xiuqiang Li et al.   National Science Review

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

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

Constructing Black Titania with Unique Nanocage Structure for Solar Desalination

(2016) Guilian Zhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Direct vapor generation through localized solar heating via carbon-nanotube nanofluid

(2016) Xinzhi Wang et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Titanium Nitride Nanoparticles as Plasmonic Solar Heat Transducers

(2016) Satoshi Ishii et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Hollow Mesoporous Plasmonic Nanoshells for Enhanced Solar Vapor Generation

(2016) Marcin S. Zielinski et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

(2016) Xiuqiang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Analysis on the performance of a flat-plate volumetric solar collector using blended plasmonic nanofluid

(2016) Jongwook Jeon et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Self-Floating Carbon Nanotube Membrane on Macroporous Silica Substrate for Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation

(2016) Yuchao Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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

(2016) L. Zhou et al.   Science Advances

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

Enhanced optical absorption of the plasmonic nanoshell suspension based on the solar photocatalytic hydrogen production system

(2013) Huiling Duan et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles

(2012) Oara Neumann et al.   ACS Nano

Enhancing the Photothermal Stability of Plasmonic Metal Nanoplates by a Core-Shell Architecture

(2011) Xiaoqing Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A facile process to prepare copper oxide thin films as solar selective absorbers

(2011) Xiudi Xiao et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE