Bio-Derived Photothermal Materials and Evaporators for Sustainable Solar Energy-Driven Water Process

Waste Egg Tray and Toner-Derived Highly Efficient 3D Solar Evaporator for Freshwater Generation

(2022) Md. Nahian Al Subri Ivan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dual-mode optical ratiometric thermometer based on rare earth ions doped perovskite oxides with tunable luminescence

(2022) Congcong Wang et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Bi-functional nanocomposite based on phosphor and carbon nanotubes for tumor ablation in a photothermal fiber system with temperature feedback

(2022) Zewen Su et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

High-temperature solar steam generation by MWCNT-HfTe2 van der Waals heterostructure for low-cost sterilization

(2022) Ahmed Mortuza Saleque et al.   Nano Energy

Sustainable Solar Evaporation while Salt Accumulation

(2021) Yue Bian et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Human alteration of global surface water storage variability

(2021) Sarah W. Cooley et al.   NATURE

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

(2021) Xuan Wu et al.   Advanced Science

Structure development of carbon-based solar-driven water evaporation systems

(2021) Wen He et al.   Science Bulletin

Fully Biomass-Based Hybrid Hydrogel for Efficient Solar Desalination with Salt Self-Cleaning Property

(2021) Xiaojie Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Lanthanide-Doped Topological Nanosheets with Enhanced Near-Infrared Photothermal Performance for Energy Conversion

(2021) Youqiang Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhancing solar steam generation using a highly thermally conductive evaporator support

(2021) Yida Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Nature Sunflower Stalk Pith with Zwitterionic Hydrogel Coating for Highly Efficient and Sustainable Solar Evaporation

(2021) Xin Su et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2021) Panpan He et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Lanthanide doped two dimensional heterostructure nanosheets with highly efficient harvest towards solar energy

(2021) Youqiang Huang et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Photothermal Catalytic Gel Featuring Spectral and Thermal Management for Parallel Freshwater and Hydrogen Production

(2020) Minmin Gao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

(2020) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Blackbody-Inspired Array Structural Polypyrrole-Sunflower Disc with Extremely High Light Absorption for Efficient Photothermal Evaporation

(2020) Yali Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Artificial Trees Inspired by Monstera for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation in Both Normal and Weak Light Environments

(2020) Hongqiang Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Spectrum Tailored Defective 2D Semiconductor Nanosheets Aerogel for Full‐Spectrum‐Driven Photothermal Water Evaporation and Photochemical Degradation

(2020) Min‐Quan Yang 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

Same Materials, Bigger Output: A Reversibly Transformable 2D-3D Photothermal Evaporator for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

(2020) Yida Wang et al.   Nano Energy

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

Recyclable Polydopamine-Functionalized Sponge for High-Efficiency Clean Water Generation with Dual-Purpose Solar Evaporation and Contaminant Adsorption

(2019) Yue Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

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

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

Recyclable photo-thermal conversion and purification systems via Fe 3 O 4 @TiO 2 nanoparticles

(2018) Lei Shi et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

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

Copper Sulfide-Based Plasmonic Photothermal Membrane for High-Efficiency Solar Vapor Generation

(2018) Fujun Tao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2018) Peng Tao et al.   Nature Energy

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

(2018) Xuan Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Highly Efficient NIR-II Photothermal Conversion Based on an Organic Conjugated Polymer

(2016) Yuanyuan Cao et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Recent advances of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles in in vivo molecular imaging

(2016) Kanyi Pu et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Bio-Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air-Water Interface

(2014) Zhenhui Wang et al.   Small

Solar steam generation by heat localization

(2014) Hadi Ghasemi et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of Light-Induced Vapor Generation at a Liquid-Immersed Metallic Nanoparticle

(2013) Zheyu Fang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

(2008) Mark A. Shannon et al.   NATURE