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

Highly efficient three-dimensional solar evaporator for high salinity desalination by localized crystallization

(2020) Lei Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Solar–Thermal Water Evaporation: A Review

(2020) Yunsong Pang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation

(2020) Daniel Peter Storer et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Structured graphene metamaterial selective absorbers for high efficiency and omnidirectional solar thermal energy conversion

(2020) Keng-Te Lin et al.   Nature Communications

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

Versatile coating with multifunctional performance for solar steam generation

(2020) Zhenxing Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Engineering controllable water transport of biosafety cuttlefish juice solar absorber toward remarkably enhanced solar-driven gas-liquid interfacial evaporation

(2020) Zhengtong Li et al.   Nano Energy

The revival of thermal utilization from the sun: interfacial solar vapor generation

(2019) Lin Zhou et al.   National Science Review

Interfacial Solar‐to‐Heat Conversion for Desalination

(2019) Huidong Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

(2019) Youhong Guo et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2019) Wenbin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Harnessing Solar‐Driven Photothermal Effect toward the Water–Energy Nexus

(2019) Chao Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

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

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

(2019) Xuan Wu et al.   Science Bulletin

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

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

Interface Design of Nanochannels for Energy Utilization

(2018) Yinglin Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

A hydrogel-based antifouling solar evaporator for highly efficient water desalination

(2018) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

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

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Solar Absorber Gel: Localized Macro-Nano Heat Channeling for Efficient Plasmonic Au Nanoflowers Photothermic Vaporization and Triboelectric Generation

(2018) Minmin Gao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A highly flexible and washable nonwoven photothermal cloth for efficient and practical solar steam generation

(2018) Yong Jin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Evaporation above a bulk water surface using an oil lamp inspired highly efficient solar-steam generation strategy

(2018) Xuan Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Dual functional asymmetric plasmonic structures for solar water purification and pollution detection

(2018) Chuanlu Chen et al.   Nano Energy

Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications

(2018) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Materials Horizons

Cold Vapor Generation beyond the Input Solar Energy Limit

(2018) Haomin Song et al.   Advanced Science

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

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

(2018) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Nano Energy

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

(2018) Xuan Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Solar-driven simultaneous steam production and electricity generation from salinity

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

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

(2017) Xiuqiang Li et al.   National Science Review

Bilayered Biofoam for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2016) Qisheng Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

(2016) George Ni et al.   Nature Energy

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

Flexible thin-film black gold membranes with ultrabroadband plasmonic nanofocusing for efficient solar vapour generation

(2015) Kyuyoung Bae et al.   Nature Communications

Solar steam generation by heat localization

(2014) Hadi Ghasemi et al.   Nature Communications

Solar evaporation enhancement using floating light-absorbing magnetic particles

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

The chemistry of graphene oxide

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