Shape-controlled fabrication of cost-effective, scalable and anti-biofouling hydrogel foams for solar-powered clean water production

Ionic Liquid-Assisted Alignment of Corn Straw Microcrystalline Cellulose Aerogels with Low Tortuosity Channels for Salt-Assistance Solar Steam Evaporators

(2021) Jiyan Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Construction of a Three-Dimensional Interpenetrating Network Sponge for High-Efficiency and Cavity-Enhanced Solar-Driven Wastewater Treatment

(2021) Xinling Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

All‐Cold Evaporation under One Sun with Zero Energy Loss by Using a Heatsink Inspired Solar Evaporator

(2021) Xuan Wu et al.   Advanced Science

Fabrication of 3D-Printed Ceramic Structures for Portable Solar Desalination Devices

(2021) Win Jonhson et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Confinement Capillarity of Thin Coating for Boosting Solar‐Driven Water Evaporation

(2021) Zhenxing Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An Easy‐to‐Fabricate 2.5D Evaporator for Efficient Solar Desalination

(2021) Xiaojie Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A high-performing single-stage invert-structured solar water purifier through enhanced absorption and condensation

(2021) Fengyue Wang et al.   Joule

Polypyrrole Reinforced N, S‐doping Graphene Foam for Efficient Solar Purification of Wastewater

(2021) Lifen Su et al.   Solar RRL

Facile Preparation of a Carbon-Based Hybrid Film for Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation

(2021) Hanxue Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Yi Lu et al.   ACS Nano

Self‐Repairing and Damage‐Tolerant Hydrogels for Efficient Solar‐Powered Water Purification and Desalination

(2021) Fangbin Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Dual‐Zone Photothermal Evaporator for Antisalt Accumulation and Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Xuan Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D Printing a Biomimetic Bridge‐Arch Solar Evaporator for Eliminating Salt Accumulation with Desalination and Agricultural Applications

(2021) Miaomiao Zou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogel foams from liquid foam templates: Properties and optimisation

(2021) I. Ben Djemaa et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Sustainable self-cleaning evaporator for long-term solar desalination using gradient structure tailored hydrogel

(2021) Ting Xu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A design of bifunctional photothermal layer on polysulfone membrane with enclosed cellular-like structure for efficient solar steam generation

(2021) Huiqin Fan et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A scalable, cost-effective and salt-rejecting MoS2/SA@melamine foam for continuous solar steam generation

(2021) Juanxiu Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Conformal Microfluidic‐Blow‐Spun 3D Photothermal Catalytic Spherical Evaporator for Omnidirectional Enhanced Solar Steam Generation and CO 2 Reduction

(2021) Hao Liu et al.   Advanced Science

Enhancing solar steam generation using a highly thermally conductive evaporator support

(2021) Yida Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Using the sun to co-generate electricity and freshwater

(2021) Tianpeng Ding et al.   Joule

Fiber-intercepting-particle structured MOF fabrics for simultaneous solar vapor generation and organic pollutant adsorption

(2021) Ailin Li 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

Salt-resistant Schiff base cross-linked superelastic photothermal cellulose aerogels for long-term seawater desalination

(2021) Ruofei Zhu 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

Visible light responsive, self-activated bionanocomposite films with sustained antimicrobial activity for food packaging

(2021) Yongsheng Ni et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

A salt-free superhydrophilic metal-organic framework photothermal textile for portable and efficient solar evaporator

(2021) Jiulong Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A bio-inspired nanocomposite membrane with improved light-trapping and salt-rejecting performance for solar-driven interfacial evaporation applications

(2021) Peijin Ying et al.   Nano Energy

Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification

(2020) Youhong Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2020) Lei Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Three-dimensional hierarchical CuxS-based evaporator for high-efficiency multifunctional solar distillation

(2020) Wei Huang et al.   Nano Energy

Additive manufacturing of cellulose-based materials with continuous, multidirectional stiffness gradients

(2020) P. A. G. S. Giachini et al.   Science Advances

Structure Architecting for Salt-Rejecting Solar Interfacial Desalination to Achieve High-Performance Evaporation With In Situ Energy Generation

(2020) Yaoxin Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

(2020) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Three-Dimensional Self-floating Foam Composite Impregnated with Porous Carbon and Polyaniline for Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Kai Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

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

Gas Foaming Guided Fabrication of 3D Porous Plasmonic Nanoplatform with Broadband Absorption, Tunable Shape, Excellent Stability, and High Photothermal Efficiency for Solar Water Purification

(2020) Hui Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A MXene‐Based Hierarchical Design Enabling Highly Efficient and Stable Solar‐Water Desalination with Good Salt Resistance

(2020) Xiangqian Fan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Fractal Design of Waste Biomass‐Derived Solar–Thermal Materials for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation

(2020) Yang Geng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Robust, 3D-Printed Hydratable Plastics for Effective Solar Desalination

(2020) J. Justin Koh et al.   Nano Energy

Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation and Self‐Powered Water Wave Detection Based on an All‐Cellulose Monolithic Design

(2020) Na Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A lotus leaf like vertical hierarchical solar vapor generator for stable and efficient evaporation of high-salinity brine

(2020) Shaoan Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Marine biomass-derived composite aerogels for efficient and durable solar-driven interfacial evaporation and desalination

(2020) Lin Yang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Recent Trends of Foaming in Polymer Processing: A Review

(2019) Fan-Long Jin et al.   Polymers

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

Exploring interface confined water flow and evaporation enables solar-thermal-electro integration towards clean water and electricity harvest via asymmetric functionalization strategy

(2019) Peng Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

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

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

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

Solar water evaporation by black photothermal sheets

(2017) Guohua Liu et al.   Nano Energy

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

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

Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

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

Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change

(2013) Ingjerd Haddeland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antifouling Coatings: Recent Developments in the Design of Surfaces That Prevent Fouling by Proteins, Bacteria, and Marine Organisms

(2010) Indrani Banerjee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS