Recent advances and challenges of emerging solar-driven steam and the contribution of photocatalytic effect

Facile Preparation of MnO2-Deposited Wood for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Dongsheng Li et al.   ACS Applied Energy Materials

A high-efficiency salt-rejecting solar evaporator with optimized porous structure for continuous solar desalination

(2021) Qiangqiang Huang et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Mussel-inspired photothermal synergetic system for clean water production using full-spectrum solar energy

(2021) Ruofei Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Semiconductive, Flexible MnO2 NWs/Chitosan Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2021) Muhammad Sultan Irshad et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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

(2021) Xuan Wu et al.   Advanced Science

Enhanced Solar-to-Heat Efficiency of Photothermal Materials Containing an Additional Light-Reflection Layer for Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation

(2021) Yukang Fan et al.   ACS Applied Energy Materials

Salt-resistant carbon dots modified solar steam system enhanced by chemical advection

(2021) Muhammad Sultan Irshad et al.   CARBON

BiVO4 and reduced graphene oxide composite hydrogels for solar-driven steam generation and decontamination of polluted water

(2021) Laila Noureen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Toward Scaling-Up Photocatalytic Process for Multiphase Environmental Applications

(2021) Mohamed Gar Alalm et al.   Catalysts

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

Hierarchical defect-rich flower-like BiOBr/Ag nanoparticles/ultrathin g-C3N4 with transfer channels plasmonic Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for accelerated visible-light-driven photothermal-photocatalytic oxytetracycline degradation

(2021) Jiaxin Ni et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Plasmonic silver nanoparticles embedded in flexible three-dimensional carbonized melamine foam with enhanced solar-driven water evaporation

(2021) Yanying Shi et al.   DESALINATION

Vertically symmetrical evaporator based on photothermal fabrics for efficient continuous desalination through inversion strategy

(2021) Zixiao Liu et al.   DESALINATION

Graphene tube shaped photothermal layer for efficient solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2021) Huibin Yin et al.   DESALINATION

Potentially scalable fabrication of salt-rejection evaporator based on electrogenerated polypyrrole-coated nickel foam for efficient solar steam generation

(2021) Shuo Wang et al.   DESALINATION

Fe3O4/polyvinyl alcohol decorated delignified wood evaporator for continuous solar steam generation

(2021) Lian Song et al.   DESALINATION

Polyacid doping-enabled efficient solar evaporation of polypyrrole hydrogel

(2021) Yuzhen Wu et al.   DESALINATION

Boosting solar steam generation in dynamically tunable polymer porous architectures

(2021) Sen Meng et al.   POLYMER

A Janus porous carbon nanotubes/poly (vinyl alcohol) composite evaporator for efficient solar-driven interfacial water evaporation

(2021) Hongwei Jian et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Self-regulating and asymmetric evaporator for efficient solar water-electricity generation

(2021) Jing Liu et al.   Nano Energy

A scalable broadband plasmonic cuprous telluride nanowire-based hybrid photothermal membrane for efficient solar vapor generation

(2021) Caiju Chen et al.   Nano Energy

SWOT analysis of photocatalytic materials towards large scale environmental remediation

(2021) Ridha Djellabi et al.   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

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

Composite hydrogel-based photothermal self-pumping system with salt and bacteria resistance for super-efficient solar-powered water evaporation

(2021) Yaling Li et al.   DESALINATION

Tailoring polypyrrole-based Janus aerogel for efficient and stable solar steam generation

(2021) Bingyan Wen et al.   DESALINATION

Superhydrophilic carbon nanofiber membrane with a hierarchically macro/meso porous structure for high performance solar steam generators

(2021) Jun Yan et al.   DESALINATION

Highly efficient solar evaporator based on Graphene/MoO3-x coated porous nickel for water purification

(2021) Like Gong et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Multifunctional Ag3PO4-rGO-Coated Textiles for Clean Water Production by Solar-Driven Evaporation, Photocatalysis, and Disinfection

(2020) Laila Noureen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2020) Wei Huang et al.   Nano Energy

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

MoS2@sponge with double layer structure for high-efficiency solar desalination

(2020) Qingmiao Wang et al.   DESALINATION

Water Delivery Channel Design in Solar Evaporator for Efficient and Durable Water Evaporation with Salt Rejection

(2020) Xun Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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

Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability

(2020) Youhong Guo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Boosting Interfacial Charge-Transfer Kinetics for Efficient Overall CO2 Photoreduction via Rational Design of Coordination Spheres on Metal–Organic Frameworks

(2020) Zhi-Bin Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface-ligand protected reduction on plasmonic tuning of one-dimensional M0O3−X nanobelts for solar steam generation

(2020) Xindian Li et al.   Nano Research

Flexible and Efficient Solar Thermal Generators Based on Polypyrrole Coated Natural Latex Foam for Multimedia Purification

(2020) You Xu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

A Novel Salt-Rejecting Linen Fabric-Based Solar Evaporator for Stable and Efficient Water Desalination under Highly Saline Water

(2020) Liang Song et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

An Integrated Photocatalytic and Photothermal Process for Solar‐Driven Efficient Purification of Complex Contaminated Water

(2020) Le Shi et al.   Energy Technology

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

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

Solar evaporation and electricity generation of porous carbonaceous membrane prepared by electrospinning and carbonization

(2020) Daxiong Wu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Janus Evaporators with Self-Recovering Hydrophobicity for Salt-Rejecting Interfacial Solar Desalination

(2020) Jinxing Chen et al.   ACS Nano

The cooperation of photothermal conversion, photocatalysis and sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation process on few-layered graphite modified graphitic carbon nitride

(2020) Pengxiang Qiu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Self-floating black phosphorous nanosheets as a carry-on solar vapor generator

(2020) Zhaoxin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Dual-functional CuO/CN for highly efficient solar evaporation and water purification

(2020) Shiyu Zuo et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

A flexible and salt-rejecting electrospun film-based solar evaporator for economic, stable and efficient solar desalination and wastewater treatment

(2020) Dengyu Li et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Scalable, self-cleaning and self-floating bi-layered bacterial cellulose biofoam for efficient solar evaporator with photocatalytic purification

(2020) Dong Zhang et al.   DESALINATION

Construction of hierarchical 2D/2D Ti3C2/MoS2 nanocomposites for high-efficiency solar steam generation

(2020) Ruiqi Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

An experimental exploration of generating electricity from nature-inspired hierarchical evaporator: The role of electrode materials

(2020) Van-Duong Dao   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A janus solar evaporator with 2D water path for highly efficient salt-resisting solar steam generation

(2020) Fangjun Peng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Superwetting monolithic hypercrosslinked polymers nanotubes with high salt-resistance for efficient solar steam generation

(2020) Fang Liu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Bi2S3@Ag2S nano-heterojunction decorated self-floating carbon fiber cloth and enhanced solar-driven photothermal-photocatalytic performance

(2020) Zhen Zhang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Scalable and low-cost fabrication of hydrophobic PVDF/WS2 porous membrane for highly efficient solar steam generation

(2020) Na Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Integrated multifunctional device based on Bi2S3/Pd: Localized heat channeling for efficient photothermic vaporization and real-time health monitoring

(2020) Xuemin Geng et al.   Nano Energy

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

(2019) Lin Zhou et al.   National Science Review

Multifunctional CuO Nanowire Mesh for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation and Water Purification

(2019) Ying Xu et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Multilayer Polypyrrole Nanosheets with Self‐Organized Surface Structures for Flexible and Efficient Solar–Thermal Energy Conversion

(2019) Xu Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bifunctional Cu2-xSe decorated hierarchical TiO2 nanotube mesh with solar water evaporation and photodegradation effects for clean water generation

(2019) Peng Ren et al.   Water Science and Technology-Water Supply

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

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

A water lily–inspired hierarchical design for stable and efficient solar evaporation of high-salinity brine

(2019) Ning Xu et al.   Science Advances

Pathways and challenges for efficient solar-thermal desalination

(2019) Zhangxin Wang et al.   Science Advances

Continuously Producing Watersteam and Concentrated Brine from Seawater by Hanging Photothermal Fabrics under Sunlight

(2019) Zixiao Liu 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

Membrane assembled from anti-fouling copper-zinc-tin-selenide nanocarambolas for solar-driven interfacial water evaporation

(2019) Yawei Yang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A simple and universal strategy to deposit Ag/polypyrrole on various substrates for enhanced interfacial solar evaporation and antibacterial activity

(2019) Ying Xu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

All day Limnobium laevigatum inspired nanogenerator self-driven via water evaporation

(2019) Van-Duong Dao et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Graphitic carbon nitride with different dimensionalities for energy and environmental applications

(2019) Qiang Hao et al.   Nano Research

Recent advances and challenges for solar-driven water evaporation system toward applications

(2019) Van-Duong Dao et al.   Nano Energy

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

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

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

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

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Super-hydrophilic copper sulfide films as light absorbers for efficient solar steam generation under one sun illumination

(2018) Zhenzhen Guo et al.   SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

(2018) Weichao Xu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

(2018) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Materials Horizons

Emerging opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance water security

(2018) Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2018) Deoukchen Ghim et al.   Nano Energy

A general salt-resistant hydrophilic/hydrophobic nanoporous double layer design for efficient and stable solar water evaporation distillation

(2018) Yawei Yang et al.   Materials Horizons

Convenient Immobilization of Cobalt Corroles on Carbon Nanotubes through Covalent Bonds for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

(2018) Hua Li et al.   ChemSusChem

Functionalized carbon materials for efficient solar steam and electricity generation

(2018) Baofei Hou et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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

(2018) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Nano Energy

Plasmonic heating from indium nanoparticles on a floating microporous membrane for enhanced solar seawater desalination

(2017) Lulu Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Diversified copper sulfide (Cu2−xS) micro-/nanostructures: a comprehensive review on synthesis, modifications and applications

(2017) Shaodong Sun et al.   Nanoscale

Dynamically tuning near-infrared-induced photothermal performances of TiO2 nanocrystals by Nb doping for imaging-guided photothermal therapy of tumors

(2017) Nuo Yu et al.   Nanoscale

Water-evaporation-induced electricity with nanostructured carbon materials

(2017) Guobin Xue et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Chlorine-resistance of reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide membranes

(2017) Rhea Verbeke et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Water desalination system using solar heat: A review

(2017) Chandrashekara M et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Plasmonic Wood for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation

(2017) Mingwei Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

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

Solar water evaporation by black photothermal sheets

(2017) Guohua Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Graphene-based Recyclable Photo-Absorbers for High-Efficiency Seawater Desalination

(2016) Xiangqing Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Plasmonic photothermic directed broadband sunlight harnessing for seawater catalysis and desalination

(2016) Minmin Gao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

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

Bioinspired Bifunctional Membrane for Efficient Clean Water Generation

(2015) Yang Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design of a Metal Oxide-Organic Framework (MoOF) Foam Microreactor: Solar-Induced Direct Pollutant Degradation and Hydrogen Generation

(2015) Liangliang Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper-Based System for High-Performance Large-Scale Evaporation

(2015) Yanming Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanostructured copper sulfides: synthesis, properties and applications

(2015) Poulomi Roy et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Heat generation and conduction in PDMS-carbon nanoparticle membranes irradiated with optical fibers

(2015) J. Rodrigo Vélez-Cordero et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES

Quantifying the Efficiency of Plasmonic Materials for Near-Field Enhancement and Photothermal Conversion

(2015) Adrien Lalisse et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Photothermal Contribution to Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites

(2014) Zhixing Gan et al.   ACS Nano

Poly(ethylene imine) Impurities Induce n-doping Reaction in Organic (Semi)Conductors

(2014) Simone Fabiano et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hollow carbon beads for significant water evaporation enhancement

(2014) Yao Zeng et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

High supercapacitor and adsorption behaviors of flower-like MoS2 nanostructures

(2014) Xiuhua Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE

Advances in seawater desalination technologies

(2008) Akili D. Khawaji et al.   DESALINATION