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A High‐Performance Self‐Regenerating Solar Evaporator for Continuous Water Desalination

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Sustainable Biochar-Based Solar Absorbers for High-Performance Solar-Driven Steam Generation and Water Purification

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Scalable and Highly Efficient Mesoporous Wood-Based Solar Steam Generation Device: Localized Heat, Rapid Water Transport

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

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

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Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

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Hierarchical Porous Carbonized Lotus Seedpods for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

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Interfacial Solar Steam Generation Enables Fast-Responsive, Energy-Efficient, and Low-Cost Off-Grid Sterilization

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(2015) Veera Gnaneswar Gude   APPLIED ENERGY

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