3D-printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for salt-free water desalination

Designing solar interfacial evaporator from the whole perspective of tree to reach great coordination of water transport and salt rejection

(2023) Zhicheng Xu et al.   Materials Horizons

Upscaling 3D Engineered Trees for Off-Grid Desalination

(2022) Sunxiang Zheng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A lotus-inspired 3D biomimetic design toward an advanced solar steam evaporator with ultrahigh efficiency and remarkable stability

(2022) Rong Zhang et al.   Materials Horizons

Scalable and cost-effective fabrication of self-floating three-dimensional interconnected polyethylene/multiwall carbon nanotubes composite foam for high evaporation performance

(2022) Ting Wu et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Strong, tough, ionic conductive, and freezing-tolerant all-natural hydrogel enabled by cellulose-bentonite coordination interactions

(2022) Siheng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Scalable Production of Biodegradable, Recyclable, Sustainable Cellulose–Mineral Foams via Coordination Interaction Assisted Ambient Drying

(2022) Lu Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Highly thermally conductive phase change composites with anisotropic graphene/cellulose nanofiber hybrid aerogels for efficient temperature regulation and solar-thermal-electric energy conversion applications

(2022) Chao Shu et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

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

(2021) Zhenxing Wang 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

Flexible decorative wood veneer with high strength, wearability and moisture penetrability enabled by infiltrating castor oil-based waterborne polyurethanes

(2021) Lu Zhi et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Interfacial Solar Evaporation by a 3D Graphene Oxide Stalk for Highly Concentrated Brine Treatment

(2021) Casey T. K. Finnerty et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

All-cellulose-based freestanding porous carbon nanocomposites and their versatile applications

(2021) Xueying Kong et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

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

(2020) Lei Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Solar-trackable super-wicking black metal panel for photothermal water sanitation

(2020) Subhash C. Singh et al.   Nature Sustainability

Combination effect of carbon nanofiber and ketjen carbon black hybrid nanofillers on mechanical, electrical, and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of chlorinated polyethylene nanocomposites

(2020) Subhadip Mondal et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

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

(2020) Jinxing Chen et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2019) Yudi Kuang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Plant leaves inspired sunlight-driven purifier for high-efficiency clean water production

(2019) Hongya Geng et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2019) Ning Xu et al.   Science Advances

Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

(2019) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Bioinspired Wood Nanotechnology for Functional Materials

(2018) Lars A. Berglund et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

(2018) Weichao Xu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solar Evaporator with Controlled Salt Precipitation for Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination

(2018) Yusuf Shi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Emerging opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance water security

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

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2018) Peng Tao et al.   Nature Energy

Development of graphene oxide-cellulose acetate nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane for seawater desalination

(2018) Seyedeh Masumeh Ghaseminezhad et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Research opportunities to advance solar energy utilization

(2016) N. S. Lewis   SCIENCE

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

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solar steam generation by heat localization

(2014) Hadi Ghasemi et al.   Nature Communications

Novel Nanostructured Paper with Ultrahigh Transparency and Ultrahigh Haze for Solar Cells

(2013) Zhiqiang Fang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Modifications of carbon for polymer composites and nanocomposites

(2012) Nabarun Roy et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

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

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE