Artificial transpiration with asymmetric photothermal textile for continuous solar-driven evaporation, spatial salt harvesting and electrokinetic power generation

Solar water sterilization enabled by photothermal nanomaterials

(2021) Lin Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Synergy of photocatalysis and photothermal effect in integrated 0D perovskite oxide/2D MXene heterostructures for simultaneous water purification and solar steam generation

(2021) Deqi Fan et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

A nature-inspired suspended solar evaporator for water desalination of high-salinity brines

(2021) Yu-Qiong Luo et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Assembling carbon dots on vertically aligned acetate fibers as ideal salt-rejecting evaporators for solar water purification

(2021) Haoyang Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Controllable synthesis of sea urchin-like carbon from metal-organic frameworks for advanced solar vapor generators

(2021) Panpan He et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Bio-Inspired Polydopamine-Mediated Zr-MOF Fabrics for Solar Photothermal-Driven Instantaneous Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants

(2020) Aonan Yao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dry synthesis of mesoporous nanosheet assembly constructed by cyclomatrix polyphosphazene frameworks and its application in flame retardant polypropylene

(2020) Zhida Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Temperature-difference-induced electricity during solar desalination with bilayer MXene-based monoliths

(2020) Qi Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Heavy metal ions’ poisoning behavior-inspired etched UiO-66/CTS aerogel for Pb(II) and Cd(II) removal from aqueous and apple juice

(2020) Weixia Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Plasmon Based Double‐Layer Hydrogel Device for a Highly Efficient Solar Vapor Generation

(2019) Zeyu Sun et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Shape Conformal and Thermal Insulative Organic Solar Absorber Sponge for Photothermal Water Evaporation and Thermoelectric Power Generation

(2019) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

(2019) Wenbin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Flexible and Washable CNT-Embedded PAN Nonwoven Fabrics for Solar-Enabled Evaporation and Desalination of Seawater

(2019) Bo Zhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Flexible Anti-Biofouling MXene/Cellulose Fibrous Membrane for Sustainable Solar-Driven Water Purification

(2019) Xiang-Jun Zha et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

Lightweight UiO-66/cellulose aerogels constructed through self-crosslinking strategy for adsorption applications

(2019) Zhongguo Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

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

Defectous UiO-66 MOF Nanocomposites as Reactive Media of Superior Protection against Toxic Vapors

(2019) Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tannic acid-assisted green exfoliation and functionalization of MoS2 nanosheets: Significantly improve the mechanical and flame-retardant properties of polyacrylonitrile composite fibers

(2019) Hongyun Peng et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A scalable, low-cost and robust photo-thermal fabric with tunable and programmable 2D/3D structures towards environmentally adaptable liquid/solid-medium water extraction

(2019) Peng Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Food-derived carbonaceous materials for solar desalination and thermo-electric power generation

(2019) Yaoxin Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Synthesis, properties, and optoelectronic applications of two-dimensional MoS2 and MoS2-based heterostructures

(2018) Hongmei Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

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

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

Self-Contained Monolithic Carbon Sponges for Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation Distillation and Electricity Generation

(2018) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Intensifying solar-thermal harvest of low-dimension biologic nanostructures for electric power and solar desalination

(2018) Lu Zong et al.   Nano Energy

Plasmonic chemically modified cotton nanocomposite fibers for efficient solar water desalination and wastewater treatment

(2018) Hiran D. Kiriarachchi et al.   Nanoscale

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

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

Blue energy harvesting on nanostructured carbon materials

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

Mechanically Interlocked 1T/2H Phases of MoS2 Nanosheets for Solar Thermal Water Purification

(2018) Deoukchen Ghim et al.   Nano Energy

Emerging hydrovoltaic technology

(2018) Zhuhua Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Electricity generation from a Ni-Al layered double hydroxide-based flexible generator driven by natural water evaporation

(2018) Jingchang Sun et al.   Nano Energy

Designing preferable functional materials based on the secondary reactions of the hierarchical tannic acid (TA)-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) coating

(2018) Zhenxing Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Environmental Applications of 2D Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Nanosheets

(2017) Zhongying Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Solar water evaporation by black photothermal sheets

(2017) Guohua Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Graphene oxide-based evaporator with one-dimensional water transport enabling high-efficiency solar desalination

(2017) Yiju Li et al.   Nano Energy

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

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Anomalous nano-barrier effects of ultrathin molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for improving the flame retardance of polymer nanocomposites

(2015) Dong Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A