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Jiang M, Wang Y, Li J, Gao X. Review of carbon dot-hydrogel composite material as a future water-environmental regulator. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 269:131850. [PMID: 38670201 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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As water pollution and scarcity pose severe threats to the sustainable progress of human society, it is important to develop a method or materials that can accurately and efficiently detect pollutants and purify aquatic environments or exploit marine resources. The compositing of photoluminescent and hydrophilic carbon dots (CDs) with hydrogels bearing three-dimensional networks to form CD-hydrogel composites to protect aquatic environments is a "win-win" strategy. Herein, the feasibility of the aforementioned method has been demonstrated. This paper reviews the recent progress of CD-hydrogel materials used in aquatic environments. First, the synthesis methods for these composites are discussed, and then, the composites are categorized according to different methods of combining the raw materials. Thereafter, the progress in research on CD-hydrogel materials in the field of water quality detection and purification is reviewed in terms of the application of the mechanisms. Finally, the current challenges and prospects of CD-hydrogel materials are described. These results are expected to provide insights into the development of CD-hydrogel composites for researchers in this field.
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- Minghao Jiang
- School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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- School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Sports and Human Sciences, Post-doctoral Mobile Research Station, Graduate School, Harbin Sport University, Harbin 150008, PR China.
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Li R, Wu M, Ma H, Zhu Y, Zhang H, Chen Q, Zhang C, Wei Y. A Single Component, Single Layer Flexile Foam Evaporator with the Higher Efficiency for Water Generation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2402016. [PMID: 38733109 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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One of the greenest and promising ways to solve the problem of freshwater crisis is surface solar steam generation from seawater. A great number of photothermal materials with multi-component and multi-layered delicate yet complex structures often suffer from either low evaporation rate or high energy loss. Here, this work presents a single component foam evaporator with steam generation rate of up to 4.32 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 sun irradiation. The evaporator is constructed from an aniline oligomer as a single light-absorbing component, covalent linked with polyethylene glycol to form a monolithic polymer foam. Floating on the seawater, the foam has absorbance of 99.5% over the entire solar spectral range and low thermal conductivity (0.0077 W K-1m-1) that effectively retains heat in the material and at the interface. After 3 months of continuous outdoor natural sunlight irradiation, the evaporator maintains a stable and durable evaporation rate. Moreover, the materials have good mechanical properties (7.48 MPa young's modulus and 57.38% elongation at break) and excellent chemical resistance in 10 common organic solvents and aqueous solutions of pH = 1 to 14. This study provides a new system and strategy for desalination, steam power generation, treatment of polluted water and sewage, etc.
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- Ruoxin Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Lab of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, School of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District, Taiwan, Taoyuan, 32023, China
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Wu Y, Li S, Yan K, Xia M, Cheng Q, Xu J, He S, Zha X, Wang D, Wu L. Biomimetic Design of 3D Fe 3O 4/V-EVOH Fiber-Based Self-Floating Composite Aerogel to Enhance Solar Steam Generation Performance. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4537-4545. [PMID: 38568783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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An interfacial solar steam generation evaporator for seawater desalination has attracted extensive interest in recent years. Nevertheless, challenges still remain in relatively low evaporation rate, unsatisfactory energy conversion efficiency, and salt accumulation. Herein, we have demonstrated a biomimetic bilayer composite aerogel consisting of bottom hydrophilic and vertically aligned EVOH channels and an upper hydrophobic conical Fe3O4 array. Thanks to the design merits, the 3D Fe3O4/V-EVOH evaporator exhibits a high evaporation rate of ∼2.446 kg m-2 h-1 and an impressive solar energy conversion efficiency of ∼165.5% under 1 sun illumination, which is superior to those of state-of-the-art evaporators reported so far. Moreover, the asymmetrical wettability not only allows the evaporator to self-float on the water but also facilitates the salt ion diffusion in the channels; thus, the evaporator shows no salt crystals on its surface and only a 6% decrease in evaporation performance even after the salt concentration increases from 0 to 10.0 wt %.
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- Yi Wu
- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Textile Fiber and Products, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Wei Y, Yang Y, Zhao Q, Ma Y, Qiang M, Fu L, Liu Y, Zhang J, Qu Z, Que W. Numerical Simulation Technologies in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation Processes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2312241. [PMID: 38506575 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202312241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Solar interfacial evaporation technology has the advantages of environmentally conscious and sustainable benefits. Recent research on light absorption, water transportation, and thermal management has improved the evaporation performance of solar interfacial evaporators. However, many studies on photothermal materials and structures only aim to improve performance, neglecting explanations for heat and mass transfer coupling or providing evidence for performance enhancement. Numerical simulation can simulate the diffusion paths and heat and water transfer processes to understand the thermal and mass transfer mechanism, thereby better achieving the design of efficient solar interfacial evaporators. Therefore, this review summarizes the latest exciting findings and tremendous advances in numerical simulation for solar interfacial evaporation. First, it presents a macroscopic summary of the application of simulation in temperature distribution, salt concentration distribution, and vapor flux distribution during evaporation. Second, the utilization of simulation in the microscopic is summed up, specifically focusing on the movement of water molecules and the mechanisms of light responses during evaporation. Finally, all simulation methods have the goal of validating the physical processes in solar interfacial evaporation. It is hoped that the use of numerical simulation can provide theoretical guidance and technical support for the application of solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology.
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- Yumeng Wei
- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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Arunkumar T, Suh Y, Pandit TP, Patra AS, Lee SJ. Carbonized balsa wood-based photothermal evaporator for treating inorganic chemical wastewater. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-32732-0. [PMID: 38429593 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32732-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Solar desalination provides a sustainable and eco-friendly solution for purifying wastewater, addressing environmental challenges associated with wastewater treatment. This study focuses on the purification of inorganic contaminants from laboratory chemical wastewater (ICWW) using a spherical solar still (SSS). To enhance the evaporation rate and overcome the impact of heavy metals on absorption efficiency, a carbonized balsa wood (CBW) solar evaporator was employed. Balsa wood pieces, carbonized at 250 °C for 15 min, were arranged in a SSS configuration. The CBW-integrated SSS demonstrated a remarkable freshwater productivity of 2.33 L/m2 for ICWW, surpassing the conventional SSS, which produced only 1.5 L/m2. The presence of heavy metal ions (Na+, Ca+, K+, and Mg2+) in ICWW significantly affected the evaporation rate, and the CBW solar evaporator exhibited an impressive removal efficiency of approximately 99%. Water quality parameters, including pH and chemical oxygen demand (COD), were investigated before and after treatment. The CBW-integrated SSS achieved an outstanding COD removal efficiency of about 99.77%, reducing the COD level from 229.51 to 0.521 mg/L. These results underscore the efficacy of the proposed solar desalination system in purifying ICWW, offering a promising approach to address environmental concerns associated with wastewater treatment.
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- Thirugnanasambantham Arunkumar
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.
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Zhong Y, Huang W, Zheng Y, Chen T, Liu C. Alginate-coated pomelo pith cellulose matrix for probiotic encapsulation and controlled release. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 262:130143. [PMID: 38367775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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A novel carrier comprised of ethanol- and alkali-modified cellulosic pomelo pith matrix coated with alginate was developed to improve viability while enabling gastrointestinal release of probiotics. Scanning electron microscopy imaging revealed the agricultural byproduct had a honeycomb-structured cellulose framework, enabling high loading capacity of the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum up to 9 log CFU/g. Ethanol treatment opened up pores with an average diameter of 97 μm, while alkali treatment increased swelling and porosity, with an average pore size of 51 μm. The survival rate through the stomach was increased from 89.76 % to 91.08 % and 91.24 % after ethanol and alkali modification, respectively. The control group displayed minimal release in the first 4 h followed by a burst release. Both ethanol modification and alkali modification resulted in constant linear release over time. The release time was prolonged when decreasing the width of the pomelo peel rolls from 10 mm to 5 mm while keeping the volume of the peel constant. After 8 weeks of refrigerated storage, the cellulose-encapsulated probiotics retained viability above 7 log CFU/g. This study demonstrates the potential of the structurally intact, sustainably-sourced cellulosic pomelo pith for probiotic encapsulation and controlled delivery.
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- Yejun Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science, Nanchang University, 235 East Nanjing Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China; School of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science, Nanchang University, 235 East Nanjing Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China
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- School of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science, Nanchang University, 235 East Nanjing Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science, Nanchang University, 235 East Nanjing Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China
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Wu X, Lu Y, Ren X, Wu P, Chu D, Yang X, Xu H. Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2313090. [PMID: 38385793 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low-cost and environmentally friendly clean water production in alignment with the global decarbonization efforts. This review aims to share the knowledge and engage with a broader readership about the current progress of ISSG technology and the facing challenges to promote further advancements toward practical applications. The first part of this review assesses the current strategies for enhancing the energy efficiency of ISSG systems, including optimizing light absorption, reducing energy losses, harvesting additional energy, and lowering evaporation enthalpy. Subsequently, the current challenges faced by ISSG technologies, notably salt accumulation and bio-fouling issues in practical applications, are elucidated and contemporary methods are discussed to overcome these challenges. In the end, potential applications of ISSG, ranging from initial seawater desalination and industrial wastewater purification to power generation, sterilization, soil remediation, and innovative concept of solar sea farm, are introduced, highlighting the promising potential of ISSG technology in contributing to sustainable and environmentally conscious practices. Based on the review and in-depth understanding of these aspects, the future research focuses are proposed to address potential issues in both fundamental research and practical applications.
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- Xuan Wu
- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia
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- International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430068, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia
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Zhang P, Wang H, Wang J, Ji Z, Qu L. Boosting the Viable Water Harvesting in Solar Vapor Generation: From Interfacial Engineering to Devices Design. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2303976. [PMID: 37667471 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202303976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Continuously increasing demand for the life-critical water resource induces severe global water shortages. It is imperative to advance effective, economic, and environmentally sustainable strategies to augment clean water supply. The present work reviews recent reports on the interfacial engineering to devices design of solar vapor generation (SVG) system for boosting the viability of drinkable water harvesting. Particular emphasis is placed on the basic principles associated with the interfacial engineering of solar evaporators capable of efficient solar-to-thermal conversion and resulting freshwater vapor via eliminating pollutants from quality-impaired water sources. The critical configurations manufacturing of the devices for fast condensation is then highlighted to harvest potable liquid water. Fundamental and practical challenges, along with prospects for the targeted materials architecture and devices modifications of SVG system are also outlined, aiming to provide future directions and inspiring critical research efforts in this emerging and exciting field.
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- Panpan Zhang
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Chemical Energy Saving Process Integration and Resource Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Chemical Energy Saving Process Integration and Resource Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Chemical Energy Saving Process Integration and Resource Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Chemical Energy Saving Process Integration and Resource Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Marine Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Hu S, Qin L, Yi H, Lai C, Yang Y, Li B, Fu Y, Zhang M, Zhou X. Carbonaceous Materials-Based Photothermal Process in Water Treatment: From Originals to Frontier Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305579. [PMID: 37788902 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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The photothermal process has attracted considerable attention in water treatment due to its advantages of low energy consumption and high efficiency. In this respect, photothermal materials play a crucial role in the photothermal process. Particularly, carbonaceous materials have emerged as promising candidates for this process because of exceptional photothermal performance. While previous research on carbonaceous materials has primarily focused on photothermal evaporation and sterilization, there is now a growing interest in exploring the potential of photothermal effect-assisted advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). However, the underlying mechanism of the photothermal effect assisted by carbonaceous materials remains unclear. This review aims to provide a comprehensive review of the photothermal process of carbonaceous materials in water treatment. It begins by introducing the photothermal properties of carbonaceous materials, followed by a discussion on strategies for enhancing these properties. Then, the application of carbonaceous materials-based photothermal process for water treatment is summarized. This includes both direct photothermal processes such as photothermal evaporation and sterilization, as well as indirect photothermal processes that assisted AOPs. Meanwhile, various mechanisms assisted by the photothermal effect are summarized. Finally, the challenges and opportunities of using carbonaceous materials-based photothermal processes for water treatment are proposed.
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- Shuyuan Hu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Luo S, Liu Z, Yin X, Lin Z, Zhang S, Chen J, Guo M. A Sandwich Structure Ag/MgFe 2 O 4 -Deposited Surface Carbonized Wood for Integrated Solar Steam Generation and Photoreduction of Cr(VI). SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2309087. [PMID: 38221690 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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The severe deterioration of the marine ecosystem significantly negatively impacts the performance of solar-driven steam generation (SSG) and the quality of the obtained freshwater. Herein, a bifunctional Ag/MgFe2 O4 @SCW reactor with a sandwich structure is designed for efficient SSG and Cr(VI) reduction, which is constructed via in situ deposit Ag nanoparticles (NPs) and MgFe2 O4 onto surface carbonized wood (SCW). Owing to the advanced sandwich structure and strong interfacial interactions between each component, an ultra-high evaporation rate of 1.55 kg m-2 h-1 and the efficiency of 88.6% are achieved using Ag/MgFe2 O4 @SCW under 1 sun. The system exhibits the long-term evaporation performance in the simulated sewage and strong acid/base solutions along with water-harvesting capacity in outdoor solar desalination. The quality of distilled water after desalination of actual seawater and NaCl solutions with different concentrations meets the WHO-recommended drinkable water standards. Furthermore, Ag/MgFe2 O4 @SCW shows outstanding antibacterial property, self-desalting capacity, as well as reusability and structure stability. Most importantly, the fast carrier separation endows Ag/MgFe2 O4 @SCW with superior photocatalytic activity and Cr(VI) photoreduction of up to 96.1% after 180 min of illumination. The bifunctional Ag/MgFe2 O4 @SCW reactor provides an advanced synergistic mechanism for improving SSG and photocatalytic performance, while being promising for solar-powered production of clean water.
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- Suyue Luo
- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin, 150040, China
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Jiang D, Dai Y, Jiang Y, Yu W, Ma D, Bai L, Huo P, Li Z, Liu Y. Polydopamine/Fe 3O 4 modified wood-based evaporator for efficient and continuous water purification. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:1271-1281. [PMID: 37659300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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Solar interfacial evaporation is a highly promising technology for seawater desalination and wastewater treatment, while the simple preparation processes and efficient production of clean water based on biomass interfacial evaporators still need further exploration and development. Here, we reported a wood-based evaporator (PFDW) loaded with Fe3O4 and polydopamine (PDA) after simple immersion treatment at room temperature for efficient and continuous water purification. The synergistic photothermal effect of PDA coating and Fe3O4 particles enables the evaporator to achieve high photothermal conversion efficiency in the longer wavelength range, while combined with the rapid water transport capacity endowed by the vertically aligned microporous structure of natural wood, it achieved an evaporation rate of 1.70 kg m-2h-1 and an energy efficiency of 98.0% under 1 kW m-2 irradiation. In addition, the prepared PFDW exhibited sustainable desalination stability and excellent removal efficiency for different water sources including organic dye wastewater, heavy metal effluent, oil-water emulsion and river water. This work provides a new avenue for efficient salt-tolerant portable evaporators.
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- Dexing Jiang
- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China.
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- College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China; Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China.
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Zhao B, Shi X, Khakalo S, Meng Y, Miettinen A, Turpeinen T, Mi S, Sun Z, Khakalo A, Rojas OJ, Mattos BD. Wood-based superblack. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7875. [PMID: 38052773 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43594-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Light is a powerful and sustainable resource, but it can be detrimental to the performance and longevity of optical devices. Materials with near-zero light reflectance, i.e. superblack materials, are sought to improve the performance of several light-centered technologies. Here we report a simple top-down strategy, guided by computational methods, to develop robust superblack materials following metal-free wood delignification and carbonization (1500 °C). Subwavelength severed cells evolve under shrinkage stresses, yielding vertically aligned carbon microfiber arrays with a thickness of ~100 µm and light reflectance as low as 0.36% and independent of the incidence angle. The formation of such structures is rationalized based on delignification method, lignin content, carbonization temperature and wood density. Moreover, our measurements indicate a laser beam reflectivity lower than commercial light stoppers in current use. Overall, the wood-based superblack material is introduced as a mechanically robust surrogate for microfabricated carbon nanotube arrays.
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- Bin Zhao
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
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- Bioproduct Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
- Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, FI-02044, Finland
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, PR China
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland
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- Fiber Web Processes, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Jyväskylä, FI-40400, Finland
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- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
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- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
- QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
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- Cellulose Coatings and Films, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, FI-02044, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.
- Bioproduct Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.
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Chhetri S, Nguyen AT, Song S, Park DH, Ma T, Gaillard N, Yoon SH, Lee W. Enhanced Photothermal Effect Assisted by Resonance Energy Transfer in Carbon/Covellite Core-Shell Nanoparticles toward a High-Performance Interfacial Water Evaporation Process. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:54773-54785. [PMID: 37967442 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Carbon and semiconductor nanoparticles are promising photothermal materials for various solar-driven applications. Inevitable recombination of photoinduced charge carriers in a single constituent, however, hinders the realization of a greater photothermal effect. Core-shell heterostructures utilizing the donor-acceptor pair concept with high-quality interfaces can inhibit energy loss from the radiation relaxation of excited species, thereby enhancing the photothermal effect. Here, core-shell structures composed of a covellite (CuS) shell (acceptor) and spherical carbon nanoparticle (CP) core (donor) (abbreviated as CP/CuS) are proposed to augment the photothermal conversion efficiency via the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism. The close proximity and spectral overlap of the donor and acceptor trigger the FRET mechanism, where the electronic excitation relaxation energy of the CP reinforces the plasmonic resonance and near-infrared absorption in CuS, resulting in boosting the overall photothermal conversion efficiency. CP/CuS core-shell coated on polyurethane (PU) foam exhibits a total solar absorption of 97.1%, leading to an elevation in surface temperature of 61.6 °C in dry conditions under simulated solar illumination at a power density of 1 kW m-2 (i.e., 1 sun). Leveraging the enhanced photothermal conversion emanated from the energy transfer effect in the core-shell structure, CP/CuS-coated PU foam achieves an evaporation rate of 1.62 kg m-2 h-1 and an energy efficiency of 93.8%. Thus, amplifying photothermal energy generation in core-shell structures via resonance energy transfer can be promising in solar energy-driven applications and thus merits further exploration.
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- Suman Chhetri
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Bioinspired Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Program in Biomedical Science & Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412, United States
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- Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Bioinspired Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Gong H, Patino DU, Ilavsky J, Kuzmenko I, Peña-Alcántara AE, Zhu C, Coffey AH, Michalek L, Elabd A, Gao X, Chen S, Xu C, Yan H, Jiang Y, Wang W, Peng Y, Zeng Y, Lyu H, Moon H, Bao Z. Tunable 1D and 2D Polyacrylonitrile Nanosheet Superstructures. ACS NANO 2023; 17:18392-18401. [PMID: 37668312 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Carbon superstructures are widely applied in energy and environment-related areas. Among them, the flower-like polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-derived carbon materials have shown great promise due to their high surface area, large pore volume, and improved mass transport. In this work, we report a versatile and straightforward method for synthesizing one-dimensional (1D) nanostructured fibers and two-dimensional (2D) nanostructured thin films based on flower-like PAN chemistry by taking advantage of the nucleation and growth behavior of PAN. The resulting nanofibers and thin films exhibited distinct morphologies with intersecting PAN nanosheets, which formed through rapid nucleation on existing PAN. We further constructed a variety of hierarchical PAN superstructures based on different templates, solvents, and concentrations. These PAN nanosheet superstructures can be readily converted to carbon superstructures. As a demonstration, the nanostructured thin film exhibited a contact angle of ∼180° after surface modification with fluoroalkyl monolayers, which is attributed to high surface roughness enabled by the nanosheet assemblies. This study offers a strategy for the synthesis of nanostructured carbon materials for various applications.
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- Huaxin Gong
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Sheng K, Tian M, Zhu J, Zhang Y, Van der Bruggen B. When Coordination Polymers Meet Wood: From Molecular Design toward Sustainable Solar Desalination. ACS NANO 2023; 17:15482-15491. [PMID: 37535405 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation harnessing solar energy on a water surface provides a sustainable and economic means to efficiently capture freshwater from nontraditional water sources. Endowed with a hierarchical porous structure and mechanical stability, wood-based evaporators represent a renewable alternative to petroleum-based materials. Nonetheless, incidental inferiorities of a low evaporation rate and weak interfacial strength are challenging to overcome. Herein, we propose the usage of chemically stable coordination polymers (Ni-dithiooxamidato, Ni-DTA) as hydrophilic photothermal nanomaterials for the molecular design of robust wood-based evaporators with improved performance. In situ synthesis of Ni-DTA onto the channel wall of balsawood provides sufficient photothermal domains that localize the converted energy for facilitated interfacial evaporation. A rational control of methanol/dimethylformamide ratios enables the coexistence of 1D-nanofibers and 0D-nanoparticles, endowing Balsa-NiDTA with a high evaporation rate of 2.75 kg m-2 h-1 and an energy efficiency of 82% under one-sun illumination. Experimental and simulation results reveal that Ni-DTA polymers with strong hydration ability decrease the equivalent evaporation enthalpy induced by decreased H-bonding density of water molecules near the evaporation interface. The Balsa-NiDTA evaporator showed a high chemical stability, mainly due to the robust Ni-S/Ni-N bonds and the superior cellulose affinity of Ni-DTA. Furthermore, the Balsa-NiDTA evaporator shows an excellent antibacterial activity and low oil-fouling propensity. This work presents a facile and mild strategy to design chemically stable wood-based evaporators, contributing to highly efficient and sustainable solar desalination under harsh conditions.
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- Kai Sheng
- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Xu X, Zhao Q, Liu Q, Qiu J, Yuan S, Wu Z, Yang R, Cao J, Wang L, Xu J, Lu B. A Bilayered Wood-Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Polystyrene Sulfonate Hydrogel Interfacial Evaporator for Sustainable Solar-Driven Sewage Purification and Desalination. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2321. [PMID: 37630904 PMCID: PMC10457931 DOI: 10.3390/nano13162321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation and purification is a promising solar energy conversion technology to produce clean water or solve water scarcity. Although wood-based photothermal materials have attracted particular interest in solar water purification and desalination due to their rapid water supply and great heat localization, challenges exist given their complicated processing methods and relatively poor stability. Herein, we propose a facile approach for fabricating a bilayered wood-poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (wood-PEDOT:PSS) hydrogel interfacial evaporator by direct drop-casting and dry-annealing. Benefiting from the unique combined merits of the wood-PEDOT:PSS hydrogel evaporator, i.e., excellent light absorption (~99.9%) and efficient photothermal conversion of nanofibrous PEDOT:PSS and the strong hydrophilicity and fast water transport from wood, the as-fabricated bilayered wood-PEDOT:PSS hydrogel evaporator demonstrates a remarkably high evaporation rate (~1.47 kg m-2 h-1) and high energy efficiency (~75.76%) at 1 kW m-2. We further demonstrate the practical applications of such an evaporator for sewage purification and desalination, showing outstanding performance stability and partial salt barrier capability against a continuous 10-day test in simulated seawater and an ultrahigh ion removal rate of 99.9% for metal ion-containing sewage. The design and fabrication of such novel, efficient wood-based interfacial evaporators pave the way for large-scale applications in solar water purification.
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- Xinye Xu
- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Jiangxi Key Lab of Flexible Electronics, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (Q.L.); (J.Q.); (Z.W.); (J.C.); (L.W.)
- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; (S.Y.); (R.Y.)
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Dai X, Guan H, Wang X, Wu M, Hu J, Wang X. Lamellar Wood Sponge with Vertically Aligned Channels for Highly Efficient and Salt-Resistant Solar Desalination. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:38100-38109. [PMID: 37499169 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Solar-assisted interfacial evaporation is a promising approach for purifying and desalinating water. As a sustainable biomass material, wood has attracted increasing interest as an innovative substrate for solar desalination, owing to its intrinsic porous structure, high hydrophilicity, and low thermal conductivity. However, developing wood-based solar evaporators with high evaporation rates and excellent salt resistance still remains a significant challenge, owing to the absence of large pores with high interconnectivity in natural wood. Herein, by converting the honeycombed structure of natural wood into a lamellar architecture via structural engineering, we develop a flexible wood sponge with vertically aligned channels for efficient and salt-resistant solar desalination after surface coating with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The special lamellar structure with an interlayer distance of 50-300 μm provides the wood sponge with faster water transport, lower thermal conductivity, and water evaporation enthalpy, thus achieving higher evaporation performances in comparison with the cellular structure of natural wood. Noteworthy, the vertically aligned channels of the wood sponge facilitate sufficient fluid convection and diffusion and enable efficient salt exchanges between the heating interface and the underlying bulk water, thus preventing salt accumulation on the surface. Benefiting from the distinctive lamellar structure, the developed wood-sponge evaporator exhibits exceptional salt resistance even in a hypersaline brine (20 wt %) during continuous 7-day desalination under 1 sun irradiation, with a high evaporation rate (1.38-1.43 kg m-2 h-1), outperforming most previously reported wood-based evaporators. The lamellar wood sponge may provide a promising strategy for desalinating high-salinity brines in an efficient manner.
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- Xinjian Dai
- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100091, P. R. China
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Shi W, Bai H, Cao M, Wang X, Ning Y, Li Z, Liu K, Jiang L. Unidirectional Moisture Delivery via a Janus Photothermal Interface for Indoor Dehumidification: A Smart Roof. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023:e2301421. [PMID: 37196424 PMCID: PMC10369248 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Rational control of the humidity in specific environments plays an important role in green building, equipment protection, etc. A smart apparatus that can actively expel inner moisture and largely prevent outer liquid penetration can be highly desirable. Through the integration of the Janus interface with unidirectional liquid manipulation and the solar evaporating layer, here, a Janus solar dehumidifying interface (JSDI) is designed for the switchable moisture management of an indoor environment. By covering with the JSDI roof, the continuous elimination of inner water is achieved via outward condensate delivery and solar evaporation on sunny days. On rainy days, JSDI with a hydrophobic lower surface can largely hamper inward liquid leakage and then spontaneously drain the accumulated water via a siphoning structure. The real-world water evaporation rate via the JSDI is ≈0.38 kg m-2 h-1 on an autumn day, showing a promising function of in situ moisture expelling. In addition, the JSDI is made of natural materials that are easy to scale up with a cost of four dollars per square meter. It is envisioned that the JSDI may meet the wide requirements of indoor dehumidification and update the understanding of the integration of Janus interfaces and solar steam generation.
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- Wenbo Shi
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, P.R. China
- Tianmushan Laboratory, Hangzhou, 310023, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, P.R. China
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Xu Z, Ran X, Zhang Z, Zhong M, Wang D, Li P, Fan Z. Designing a solar interfacial evaporator based on tree structures for great coordination of water transport and salt rejection. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:1737-1744. [PMID: 36799081 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01447e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Solar interfacial evaporation has been receiving increasing attention but it is still a huge challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt rejection. Here, unlike the common wood-inspired evaporators with equal-diameter directional pores, we have constructed an integrated structure with highly connected gradient pores that mimic the xylem vessels and phloem sieve tubes found in trees. The bio-inspired structure can reduce the resistance of water transport and salt rejection in the same channel. The average transport speed of the 6.5 cm high (2 cm in diameter) porous structure reached 1.504 g s-1, and water was transported 16 cm after 100 seconds. Using multilayer graphene oxide as the photothermal conversion material, the evaporators with different heights can work for more than 9 hours under the condition of 1 sun illumination and 23 wt% brine without any salt crystallization, and the evaporation rates range from 3.28 to 4.51 kg m-2 h-1, with the highest energy utilization efficiency of about 80%. When used in heavy metal treatment, the rejection was greater than 99.99%. This research provides a simple but innovative design idea for evaporators and is expected to further expand the application of solar interfacial evaporation.
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- Zhicheng Xu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Harbor and Marine Structure Durability Technology Ministry of Communications, Guangzhou, 510230, China
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- Key Laboratory of Harbor and Marine Structure Durability Technology Ministry of Communications, Guangzhou, 510230, China
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Wang X, Liang M, Zhang J, Chen X, Zaw M, Oo TZ, Lwin NW, Aung SH, Chen Y, Chen F. Double-photoelectrode redox desalination of seawater. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 239:120051. [PMID: 37182310 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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High energy consumption and low salt removal rate are key barriers to realizing practical electrochemical seawater desalination processes. Here, we demonstrate a novel solar-driven redox flow desalination device with double photoelectrodes to achieve efficient desalination without electrical energy consumption. The device consists of three parts: one photoanode unit, one photocathode unit, and one redox flow desalination unit sandwiched between the two photoelectrode units. The photoelectrode units include a TiO2 photoanode and a NiO photocathode sensitized with N719 dye, triiodide/iodide redox electrolyte, and graphite paper integrated electrodes decorated with 3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene. Two salt feeds are located between two ferro/ferricyanide redox flow chambers. Under light illumination, high-quality freshwater is obtained from brackish water containing different concentrations of NaCl from 1000 to 12,000 ppm with a high NaCl removal rate. The device can work in multiple desalination cycles without significant performance declines. Furthermore, natural seawater with an ionic conductivity of 53.45 mS cm-1 is desalinated to freshwater. This new design opens opportunities to realize efficient and practical solar-driven desalination processes.
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- Xing Wang
- School of Electronics and Information Engineering, South China Normal University, Foshan 528225, PR China; School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Hubei Key Laboratory for High-Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy and Operation Control of Energy Storage System, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, PR China
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- School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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- Department of Physics, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Mandalay, Mandalay 05032, Burma
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- Department of Physics, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Mandalay, Mandalay 05032, Burma
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- Department of Physics, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Mandalay, Mandalay 05032, Burma
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- Department of Physics, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Mandalay, Mandalay 05032, Burma
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- School of Electronics and Information Engineering, South China Normal University, Foshan 528225, PR China; School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Cui X, Ruan Q, Zhuo X, Xia X, Hu J, Fu R, Li Y, Wang J, Xu H. Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37133878 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving means of converting light into thermal energy has been of enduring appeal to researchers and the public. With the continuous development of advanced nanotechnologies, a variety of photothermal nanomaterials have been endowed with excellent light harvesting and photothermal conversion capabilities for exploring fascinating and prospective applications. Herein we review the latest progresses on photothermal nanomaterials, with a focus on their underlying mechanisms as powerful light-to-heat converters. We present an extensive catalogue of nanostructured photothermal materials, including metallic/semiconductor structures, carbon materials, organic polymers, and two-dimensional materials. The proper material selection and rational structural design for improving the photothermal performance are then discussed. We also provide a representative overview of the latest techniques for probing photothermally generated heat at the nanoscale. We finally review the recent significant developments of photothermal applications and give a brief outlook on the current challenges and future directions of photothermal nanomaterials.
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- Ximin Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Optoelectronic Materials and Chips, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- School of Physics and Technology and School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
- Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China
- Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430205, Hubei, China
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Wu J, Qu J, Yin G, Zhang T, Zhao HY, Jiao FZ, Liu J, Li X, Yu ZZ. Omnidirectionally irradiated three-dimensional molybdenum disulfide decorated hydrothermal pinecone evaporator for solar-thermal evaporation and photocatalytic degradation of wastewaters. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 637:477-488. [PMID: 36716671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Although most solar steam generation devices are effective in desalinating seawater and purifying wastewaters with heavy metal ions, they are ineffective in degrading organic pollutants from wastewaters. Herein, we design novel solar-driven water purification devices by decoration of three-dimensional pinecones with MoS2 nanoflowers via a one-step hydrothermal synthesis for generating clean water. The vertically arrayed channels in the central rachis and the unique helically arranged scales of the hydrothermal pinecone can not only transfer bulk water upward to the evaporation surface, but also absorb more solar light from different incident angles for solar-thermal evaporation and photodegradation of wastewaters under omnidirectional irradiations. The decorated MoS2 nanoflowers can not only enhance the solar-thermal energy conversion efficiency, but also decompose organic pollutants in the bulk water by their photocatalytic degradation effects. The resultant hydrothermal pinecone with in situ decorated MoS2 (HPM) evaporator exhibits a high evaporation rate of 1.85 kg m-2 h-1 under 1-sun irradiation with a high energy efficiency of 96 %. During the solar-driven water purification processes, the powdery HPM can also photodegrade organic pollutants of methylene blue and rhodamine B with high removal efficiencies of 96 % and 95 %, respectively. For practical demonstration, by floating in the methylene blue solution under 1-sun irradiation, the bulky HPM can generate clean water by simultaneous solar-thermal evaporation and photocatalytic degradation. The integration of solar steam generation and photocatalytic degradation mechanisms makes the HPM evaporator highly promising for practical high-yield purification of wastewaters.
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- Jing Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Chemistry, CRANN and AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, D2 Dublin, Ireland
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Hou SC, Zhang DW, Chen J, Guo XX, Haleem A, He WD. Sulfonated PAM/PPy Cryogels with Lowered Evaporation Enthalpy for Highly Efficient Photothermal Water Evaporation. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15092108. [PMID: 37177254 PMCID: PMC10180751 DOI: 10.3390/polym15092108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Because of the increasing scarcity of water resources, the desalination of seawater by photothermal evaporation with harvested solar energy has gradually become a popular research topic. The interconnected macroporous cryogel prepared from polymerization and crosslinking below the freezing temperature of the reactant solution has an excellent performance in photothermal water evaporation after loading photothermal materials. In this study, polyacrylamide (PAM) cryogels were prepared by cryo-polymerization and sulfonated in an alkaline solution containing formaldehyde and Na2SO3. Importantly, the evaporation enthalpy of water in sulfonated PAM cryogel was reduced to 1187 J·g-1 due to the introduction of sulfonate groups into PAM, which was beneficial to increase the photothermal evaporation rate and efficiency. The sulfonated PAM cryogels loaded with polypyrrole and the umbrella-shaped melamine foam substrate were combined to form a photothermal evaporation device, and the evaporation rate was as high as 2.50 kg·m-2·h-1 under one-sun radiation. Meanwhile, the evaporation rate reached 2.09 kg·m-2·h-1 in the 14 wt% high-concentration saline solution, and no salt crystals appeared on the surface of the cryogel after 5 h of photothermal evaporation. Therefore, it was evidenced that the presence of sulfonate groups not only reduced the evaporation enthalpy of water but also prevented salting-out from blocking the water delivery channel during photothermal evaporation, with a sufficiently high evaporation rate, providing a reliable idea of matrix modification for the design of high-efficiency photothermal evaporation materials.
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- Shi-Chang Hou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Chaw Pattnayak B, Mohapatra S. Photothermal-Photocatalytic CSG@ZFG Evaporator for Synergistic Salt Rejection and VOC Removal during Solar-Driven Water Distillation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:4651-4661. [PMID: 36971381 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Sunlight-driven interfacial photothermal evaporation has been considered as a promising strategy for addressing global water crisis. Herein, we fabricated a self-floating porous triple-layer (CSG@ZFG) evaporator using porous fibrous carbon derived from Saccharum spontaneum (CS) as a photothermal material. The middle layer of the evaporator is composed of hydrophilic sodium alginate crosslinked by carboxymethyl cellulose and zinc ferrite (ZFG), whereas the top hydrophobic layer consists of fibrous (CS) integrated benzaldehyde-modified chitosan gel (CSG). Water is transported to the middle layer through the bottom elastic polyethylene foam using natural jute fiber. Such a strategically designed three-layered evaporator exhibits a broad-band light absorbance (96%), excellent hydrophobicity (120.5°), a high evaporation rate of 1.56 kg m-2 h-1, an energy efficiency of 86%, and outstanding salt mitigation ability under the simulated sunlight of intensity 1 sun. Adding ZnFe2O4 nanoparticle as a photocatalyst has been proved to be capable of restricting the evaporation of volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) like phenol, 4-nitrophenol, and nitrobenzene to ensure the purity of evaporated water. Such an innovatively designed evaporator offers a promising approach for the production of drinking water from wastewater and seawater.
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- Bibek Chaw Pattnayak
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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Xu H, Lu Y, Jiang F, Zhang J, Ge Y, Li Z. 3D porous N-doped lignosulfonate/graphene oxide aerogel for efficient solar steam generation and desalination. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 233:123469. [PMID: 36720330 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has been considered one of the most promising approaches to tackle the issue of water scarcity. The salt resistance and water transport capacity of solar evaporation materials are essential to evaluate desalination performance. Herein, a 3D-porous N-doped lignosulfonate/graphene oxide (GO) aerogel (NLGA) was facilely prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method. By introducing ethylenediamine (EDA) as a nitrogen source, the wettability and water transport capacity of the aerogel were enhanced; by introducing lignosulfonate (LS), its porous structure was regulated, and its light absorption capability was significantly improved. The obtained aerogel exhibited an outstanding evaporation rate (1.57 kg m-2 h-1) and efficiency (95.2 %) under 1 sun illumination, which is significantly better than some reported foam-based solar evaporators. In addition, NLGA maintained a stable evaporation rate over long-term cyclic evaporation without visible salt accumulation on the surface. The good salt rejection performance is due to the rich-pore structure and superhydrophilicity of NGLA, which provides sufficient water supply to dissolve the salts during water evaporation. NLGA has enormous potential as a solar evaporator based on its excellent performance in solar vapor generation.
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- Hui Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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Xu X, Guillomaitre N, Christie KSS, Bay RK, Bizmark N, Datta SS, Ren ZJ, Priestley RD. Quick-Release Antifouling Hydrogels for Solar-Driven Water Purification. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:177-185. [PMID: 36844496 PMCID: PMC9951281 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Hydrogels are promising soft materials for energy and environmental applications, including sustainable and off-grid water purification and harvesting. A current impediment to technology translation is the low water production rate well below daily human demand. To overcome this challenge, we designed a rapid-response, antifouling, loofah-inspired solar absorber gel (LSAG) capable of producing potable water from various contaminated sources at a rate of ∼26 kg m-2 h-1, which is sufficient to meet daily water demand. The LSAG-produced at room temperature via aqueous processing using an ethylene glycol (EG)-water mixture-uniquely integrates the attributes of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm), polydopamine (PDA), and poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) to enable off-grid water purification with enhanced photothermal response and the capacity to prevent oil fouling and biofouling. The use of the EG-water mixture was critical to forming the loofah-like structure with enhanced water transport. Remarkably, under sunlight irradiations of 1 and 0.5 sun, the LSAG required only 10 and 20 min to release ∼70% of its stored liquid water, respectively. Equally important, we demonstrate the ability of LSAG to purify water from various harmful sources, including those containing small molecules, oils, metals, and microplastics.
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- Xiaohui Xu
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Princeton Materials Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Andlinger Center
for Energy and the Environment, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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Jian H, Liang Y, Deng C, Xu J, Liu Y, Shi J, Wen M, Park HJ. Research Progress on the Improvement of Flame Retardancy, Hydrophobicity, and Antibacterial Properties of Wood Surfaces. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15040951. [PMID: 36850234 PMCID: PMC9965652 DOI: 10.3390/polym15040951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Wood-based materials are multifunctional green and environmentally friendly natural construction materials, and are widely used in decorative building materials. For this reason, a lot of research has been carried out to develop new and innovative wood surface improvements and make wood more appealing through features such as fire-retardancy, hydrophobicity, and antibacterial properties. To improve the performance of wood, more and more attention is being paid to the functioning of the surface. Understanding and mastering technology to improve the surface functionality of wood opens up new possibilities for developing multifunctional and high-performance materials. Examples of these techniques are ion crosslinking modification and coating modification. Researchers have been trying to make wooden surfaces more practical for the past century. This study has gradually gained popularity in the field of wood material science over the last 10 years. This paper provides an experimental reference for research on wood surface functionalization and summarizes the most current advancements in hydrophobic, antibacterial, and flame-retardant research on wood surfaces.
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- Hao Jian
- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
- Correspondence: (M.W.); (H.-J.P.)
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- Department of Housing Environmental Design, Research Institute of Human Ecology, College of Human Ecology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si 54896, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence: (M.W.); (H.-J.P.)
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Multifunctional Photoabsorber for Highly Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generation and Wastewater Treatment. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Zou H, Meng X, Zhao X, Qiu J. Hofmeister Effect-Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High-Efficiency Solar-Driven Interfacial Desalination. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2207262. [PMID: 36366909 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Solar-driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization enthalpy of water is key to boost the performance of solar-driven desalination. Herein, a highly hydratable hydrogel (PMH) network, consisting of modified needle coke as photothermal material and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as hydratable matrix, is crafted via simple physical cross-linking method. When capitalizing on the PMH as evaporator for 3.5 wt% NaCl solution, a high evaporation rate of 3.18 kg m-2 h-1 under one sun illumination is deliver ed, unexpectedly outperforming that in pure water (2.53 kg m-2 h-1 ). More importantly, the PMH shows a robust desalination durability, thus enabling a self-cleaning system. Further investigations reveal that the outstanding evaporation performance of PMH in brine roots in its hydrability tuned by chaotropic Cl- , wherein the Cl- can mediate the hydration chemistry of PVA in PMH and suppress related crystallinity, thus contributing to the increased content of intermediate water and the lowered vaporization enthalpy of brine. This work first scrutinizes the Hofmeister effect on the evaporation behavior of PMH evaporator in brine and provides insights for high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial desalination.
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- Hongqi Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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Zhang X, Yan Y, Li N, Yang P, Yang Y, Duan G, Wang X, Xu Y, Li Y. A robust and 3D-printed solar evaporator based on naturally occurring molecules. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023; 68:203-213. [PMID: 36681591 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The interfacial solar desalination has been considered a promising method to address the worldwide water crisis without sophisticated infrastructures and additional energy consumption. Although various advanced solar evaporators have been developed, their practical applications are still restricted by the unsustainable materials and the difficulty of precise customization for structure to escort high solar-thermal efficiency. To address these issues, we employed two kinds of naturally occurring molecules, tannic acid and iron (III), to construct a low-cost, highly efficient and durable interfacial solar evaporator by three-dimensional (3D) printing. Based on a rational structural design, a robust and 3D-printed evaporator with conical array surface structure was developed, which could promote the light harvesting capacity significantly via the multiple reflections and anti-reflection effects on the surface. By optimizing the height of the conical arrays, the 3D-printed evaporator with tall-cone structure could achieve a high evaporation rate of 1.96 kg m-2 h-1 under one sun illumination, with a photothermal conversion efficiency of 94.4%. Moreover, this evaporator was also proved to possess excellent desalination performance, recycle stability, anti-salt property, underwater oil resistance, as well as adsorption capacity of organic dye contaminants for multipurpose water purification applications. It was believed that this study could provide a new strategy to fabricate low-cost, structural regulated solar evaporators for alleviating the dilemma of global water scarcity using abundant naturally occurring building blocks.
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- Xueqian Zhang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Palladium Nanoparticle-Loaded Mesostructural Natural Woods for Efficient Water Treatment. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15030658. [PMID: 36771959 PMCID: PMC9919286 DOI: 10.3390/polym15030658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Natural wood with oriented microchannels and unique multi-level structures is an ideal candidate for making water treatment membranes. Here, palladium nanoparticles are loaded into different kinds of natural woods and the degradation property of the wood membranes for organic pollutants are investigated. The water flux of hardwoods is significantly higher than that of softwood due to the existence of large vessel elements. For the single pollutant, both hardwood and softwood show high degradation efficiency for methylene blue and methylene orange, while the degradation efficiency of the softwoods for 4-nitrophenol is significantly higher than that of the hardwoods due to their lower water flux. For the mixed pollutants, all the wood membranes have a good degradation property for different concentrations of methylene blue in polluted water, while the degradation efficiency of high concentration methylene orange and 4-nitrophenol is low. Our work will provide some guidance for the degradation of organic pollutants in actual polluted water.
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Zhang L, Sun Y, Peng L, Fang W, Huang Q, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Li H, Liu Y, Ying Y, Fu Y. Blood-Coagulation-Inspired Dynamic Bridging Strategy for the Fabrication of Multiscale-Assembled Hierarchical Porous Material. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2204702. [PMID: 36412067 PMCID: PMC9839836 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Porous materials, from macroscopic bulk materials (MBs) with (sub-)millimeter-scale pores to tiny particles (TPs) with (sub-)nanometer-scale pores, have attracted ever-growing interest in various fields. However, the integration of multi-scale pores in one composite is promising but challenging, owing to the considerable gap in the scale of the pores. Inspired by blood coagulation, a fibrin-based dynamic bridging strategy is developed to fabricate a multiscale-assembled hierarchical porous material (MHPM), in which fibrin formed as the sub-framework for the weaving-narrow of MBs and the enwinding-load of TPs. The bio-polymerization nature makes the fabrication rapid, facile, and universal for the customizable integration of seven kinds of TPs and four kinds of MBs. Besides, the integration is controllable with high load capacity of TPs and is stable against external shock forces. The unique multi-level structure endows the MHPM with large and accessible surface area, and efficient mass transfer pathways, synergistically leading to high adsorption capacity and rapid kinetics in multiple adsorption models. This work suggests a strategy for the rational multi-level design and fabrication of hierarchical porous architectures.
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- Lin Zhang
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
- International Research Center for X PolymersDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- International Research Center for X PolymersDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- International Research Center for X PolymersDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- International Research Center for X PolymersDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- International Research Center for X PolymersDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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Qiu X, Kong H, Li Y, Wang Q, Wang Y. Interface Engineering of a Ti 4O 7 Nanofibrous Membrane for Efficient Solar-Driven Evaporation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:54855-54866. [PMID: 36449984 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation provides a feasible and sustainable way to solve the fresh water shortage using abundant solar energy and has recently attracted considerable attention. However, it has been limited by the evaporation rate and solar-heat conversion efficiency of the current materials. Herein, a novel Ti4O7 membrane with synergetic photothermal and electrothermal effects was developed using a straightforward in situ approach. Based on interface engineering, the interface between the surface of the membrane and water was hydrophobically modified, and a thermal insulation layer was added to the bottom of the membrane. The optimized self-floating membrane with excellent sunlight absorbability and conductivity achieved a remarkably high evaporation rate of 7.51 kg m-2 h-1 with a voltage of 3 V as compensation under one-sun irradiation (1 kW m-2). Moreover, the bilayered membrane displayed efficient salt ion rejection, and the collected water can meet the World Health Organization (WHO) standard required for potable water.
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- Xiaopan Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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Ma D, Zhang X, Deng K, Huang J, Zhang R, Yang H, Liu X, Shang B, Gu S. A fast curing assisted spray-coating method to fabricate a robust core-shell structured evaporator with stable solar vapor generation performance. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:16961-16967. [PMID: 36349827 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05159a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Solar driven interfacial vapor generation is considered to be an effective strategy to alleviate the impact of water crisis on human activities. However, great efforts of researchers have been devoted to improving the solar steam generation efficiency, while less attention has been paid to the long-term stability of evaporators. Herein, we proposed a robust core-shell structured evaporator prepared by a simple fast curing assisted spray-coating method. Owing to the inherent superelasticity of melamine-formaldehyde (MF) sponge, the finely designed novel 3D core-shell structure, and the quick curing of branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI) and 5-pentaerythritol pentaacrylate (5Acl) induced special knot shaped photothermal coating, the as-obtained evaporator (CB/MF) performed well in vapor generation with a high water evaporation rate of 2.082 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 sun illumination, and the evaporation efficiency reached 123.5%, which is comparable to the state-of-the-art artificial solar evaporator. Even in strict application situations, such as long-term recycling testing for 40 h, 500 compression-release cycles (20%, 40% or 60%), sonication for 12 h, or shaking for 30 h, the water evaporation rate of the obtained evaporator remains at a high level of above 2.00 kg m-2 h-1. Additionally, the evaporator shows effective purification toward high-concentration brine, acid-base solutions, simulated seawater, dye wastewater, and heavy metal wastewater, as well as reliable pure water, providing an outdoor application. With the advantages of a high evaporation rate, stable long-term vapor generation, and effective purification toward various non-potable water sources, we believe that the fabricated core-shell structured CB/MF evaporator is a promising candidate for practical solar steam generation.
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- Dongdong Ma
- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, P. R. China.
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Islam S, Furuta H. Recent Development of Carbon-Nanotube-Based Solar Heat Absorption Devices and Their Application. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:3871. [PMID: 36364647 PMCID: PMC9658299 DOI: 10.3390/nano12213871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Population growth and the current global weather patterns have heightened the need to optimize solar energy harvesting. Solar-powered water filtration, electricity generation, and water heating have gradually multiplied as viable sources of fresh water and power generation, especially for isolated places without access to water and energy. The unique thermal and optical characteristics of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) enable their use as efficient solar absorbers with enhanced overall photothermal conversion efficiency under varying solar light intensities. Due to their exceptional optical absorption efficiency, low cost, environmental friendliness, and natural carbon availability, CNTs have attracted intense scientific interest in the production of solar thermal systems. In this review study, we evaluated CNT-based water purification, thermoelectric generation, and water heating systems under varying solar levels of illumination, ranging from domestic applications to industrial usage. The use of CNT composites or multilayered structures is also reviewed in relation to solar heat absorber applications. An aerogel containing CNTs was able to ameliorate water filtering performance at low solar intensities. CNTs with a Fresnel lens improved thermoelectric output power at high solar intensity. Solar water heating devices utilizing a nanofluid composed of CNTs proved to be the most effective. In this review, we also aimed to identify the most relevant challenges and promising opportunities in relation to CNT-based solar thermal devices.
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- Saiful Islam
- School of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan
- Center for Nanotechnology, Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan
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- School of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan
- Center for Nanotechnology, Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi 782-8502, Japan
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Sun S, Shi C, Kuang Y, Li M, Li S, Chan H, Zhang S, Chen G, Nilghaz A, Cao R, Tian J. 3D-printed solar evaporator with seashell ornamentation-inspired structure for zero liquid discharge desalination. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 226:119279. [PMID: 36323206 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has enormous promise for fresh water recovery and salt harvesting, but salt accumulation-related challenges stand in its way. Herein, we report a spined groove-ridge pairs inspired by the shell ornamentation of the Vasticardium vertebratum, which addresses salt accumulation by artfully integrating salt reflux into localized salt crystallization. The seashell-mimetic radial V-groove array enables the 3D evaporator to transport water rapidly and directionally, resulting in high-performance water evaporation (∼95% efficiency) and localized crystallization. The periodic spines enlightened by the spine-bearing ridge on the seashell provide considerable micro-unit salt reflux. The 2-in-1 integration design endows the three-dimensional evaporator with superior solar-driven zero liquid discharge and excellent long-term salt resistance even when dealing with high-salinity brine (20 wt% NaCl) and a series of heavy metallic salt solutions. Our design offers a new alternative solution to avoiding salt scaling and could advance locally crystallized solar evaporators towards practical applications.
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- Shenghong Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Innovation Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, School of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 571199, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Yan C, Huang J, Liang Z, Fang Z, Yang D, Li Z. Fabrication of a Highly Efficient Wood-Based Solar Interfacial Evaporator with Self-Desalting and Sterilization Performance. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:12813-12821. [PMID: 36217773 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Solar interfacial evaporation based on wood-derived materials has been considered a promising strategy for desalination and wastewater purification. Herein, we adopted delignified wood (DW) as the water transport substrate and lignosulfonate (LS)-modified narrow-band gap semiconductor nickel disulfide (NiS2) as the light-absorbing agent (LS-NiS2) to fabricate a high-efficiency evaporator (LS-NiS2@DW). On the one hand, the high absorbance (>95%) within a broad wavelength range and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency of LS-NiS2 endow efficient solar energy utilization. On the other hand, the hydrophilicity of DW facilitates water activation, which results in a lower evaporation enthalpy of LS-NiS2@DW (1274.4 kJ kg-1) than that of pure water. By combining LS-NiS2 and DW, LS-NiS2@DW achieved an evaporation rate as high as 2.80 kg m-2 h-1 under one sun irradiation (1 kW m-2), and the evaporation efficiency reached 87.4%. Notably, LS-NiS2@DW exhibits a high evaporation rate (2.42-2.69 kg m-2 h-1) in simulated seawater for 24 h with no salt crystals formed on the surface. Moreover, LS-NiS2@DW shows high antibacterial activity with about 90% reduction in bacterial survival rate. This work could provide new perspectives for the design of a high-efficiency wood-based photothermal evaporator.
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- Caihua Yan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green Fine Chemicals, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou510641, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green Fine Chemicals, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou510641, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green Fine Chemicals, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou510641, Guangdong Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510640, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green Fine Chemicals, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou510641, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Green Fine Chemicals, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou510641, Guangdong Province, China
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Cui T, Liu Z, Gao L, He Y, Jin B, Meng X, Qi Y, Ye C. Engineered Wood with Hierarchically Tunable Microchannels toward Efficient Solar Vapor Generation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:12773-12784. [PMID: 36239489 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Wood-based solar steam evaporators have been attracting increasing interest due to their great potential for addressing water scarcity by utilizing sustainable materials and energy. However, engineering a 3D porous structure within the wood lumens and its effect on solar vapor evaporation have not yet been well explored. Here, a natural wood-based solar evaporator with hierarchical pores is fabricated by assembling polyvinyl alcohol within the lumens through an ice-templating approach. The polyvinyl alcohol porous network is engineered from vertically aligned microchannels to dendritically bridged pores with a narrowed size of a few micrometers and significantly increased surface area. Although the formation of plenty of microscopic channels increases the capillary force in comparison to the native wood lumen, the morphology change induces a high tortuosity factor of the porous structure, resulting in a reduced water transportation rate as well as an increased contact angle. On the other hand, the high surface area of the engineered wood lumens and the good hydrophilicity of the filled polyvinyl alcohol improve the ratio of the formed intermediate water, contributing to reduced vaporization enthalpy. Consequently, by using polydopamine as the photothermal material, the hierarchically structured polyvinyl alcohol-wood solar evaporator exhibits an evaporation rate of 1.6 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 sun irradiation and a high solar evaporation efficiency of up to 107%, which are higher than most of the reported natural-wood-based solar evaporators. Moreover, by exploring the correlation between porous morphology and performance, it has been found that the polyvinyl alcohol-wood composite not only presents an inexpensive and sustainable evaporator but also provides guidelines for designing high-performance steam generation devices.
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- Tongtong Cui
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
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Zhang Y, Yan H, Wang X, Zhang Z, Liu F, Tu S, Chen X. Highly efficient solar-absorber composite material based on tetrapyridylporphyrin for water evaporation and thermoelectric power generation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:28997-29002. [PMID: 36320762 PMCID: PMC9552526 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03512j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Photothermal materials based on organic small molecules have the characteristics of structural diversity and easy modification for solar-driven water evaporation and power generation technology. However, there still exist limitations, such as the utilization of solar energy and photostability. Therefore, it is the focus of current research to design organic photothermal materials with excellent photothermal stability, strong solar absorption capacity, and high photothermal conversion efficiency. Herein, photothermal conversion materials based on tetrapyridylporphyrin (TPyP) is studied, which possesses polypyrrole macrocyclic framework (18π electrons), which makes it exhibit strong absorption in the 300–800 nm region with high photothermal conversion. The interfacial-heating evaporation system based on polyurethane (PU) foam loaded with TPyP was prepared, whose solar-to-vapor conversion efficiency and vapor evaporation rate of PU + TPyP foam solar energy reached 56% and 0.81 kg m−2 h−1, respectively. In addition, TPyP-loaded solar evaporator equipped with abundant microchannels for water flow are integrated with thermoelectric devices, thus achieving an evaporation rate and voltage as high as 0.69 kg m−2 h−1 and 60 mV under 1 kW m−2 solar irradiation, respectively. The successful application of TPyP in water evaporation and power generation effectively addresses the difficulties faced in the process of using organic small molecule photothermal materials to solve the energy crisis. Photothermal conversion materials based on tetrapyridylporphyrin (TPyP) were studied and were found to possess a polypyrrole macrocyclic framework (18π electrons), which makes them exhibit strong absorption in the 300–800 nm region and high photothermal conversion.![]()
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- Yifeng Zhang
- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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- State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Research InstituteTaiyuanShanxi Province030012P. R. China
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Mehrkhah R, Mohammadi M, Zenhari A, Baghayeri M, Roknabadi MR. Antibacterial Evaporator Based on Wood-Reduced Graphene Oxide/Titanium Oxide Nanocomposite for Long-Term and Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Wastewater Treatment. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Roya Mehrkhah
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617976487, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617976487, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran
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Recent Advancements in Photocatalysis Coupling by External Physical Fields. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12091042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Photocatalysis is one of the most promising green technologies to utilize solar energy for clean energy achievement and environmental governance, such as artificial photosynthesis, water splitting, pollutants degradation, etc. Despite decades of research, the performance of photocatalysis still falls far short of the requirement of 5% solar energy conversion efficiency. Combining photocatalysis with the other physical fields has been proven to be an efficient way around this barrier which can improve the performance of photocatalysis remarkably. This review will focus on the recent advances in photocatalysis coupling by external physical fields, including Thermal-coupled photocatalysis (TCP), Mechanical-coupled photocatalysis (MCP), and Electromagnetism-coupled photocatalysis (ECP). In this paper, coupling mechanisms, materials, and applications of external physical fields are reviewed. Specifically, the promotive effect on photocatalytic activity by the external fields is highlighted. This review will provide a detailed and specific reference for photocatalysis coupling by external physical fields in a deep-going way.
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Dong Y, Tan Y, Wang K, Cai Y, Li J, Sonne C, Li C. Reviewing wood-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators for desalination. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 223:119011. [PMID: 36037711 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solar‒driven interfacial water evaporation is a convenient and efficient strategy for harvesting solar energy and desalinating seawater. However, the design and fabrication of solar evaporators still challenge reliable evaporation and practical applications. Wood-based solar-driven interfacial water evaporation emerge as a promising and environmentally friendly approach for water desalinating as it provides renewable and porous structures. In recent years, surface modifications and innovative structural designs to prepare high performance wood-based evaporators is widely explored. In this review, we firstly describe the superiority of wood for the fabrication of wood-based solar evaporators, including the pore structure, chemical structure and thermal insulation. Secondly, we summarize the recent developments in wood-based evaporators from surface carbonization, decoration with photothermal materials, bulk modification and structural design, and discuss from the aspects of water transportation capacity, thermal conductivity and photothermal efficiency. Finally, based on these previous results and analysis, we highlight the remaining challenges and potential future directions, including the selection of high-efficient photothermal materials, heat and mass transfer mechanism in wood-based evaporators including large-scale production at a low cost.
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- Youming Dong
- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde DK-4000, Denmark.
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; College of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Ouyang X, Wu P, Deng J, Ma Q, Dong X, Yu W, Liu G, Wang J, Liu L. Flexible solar absorber using hydrophile/hydrophobe amphipathic Janus nanofiber as building unit for efficient vapor generation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Li M, Liu B, Guo H, Wang H, Shi Q, Xu M, Yang M, Luo X, Wang L. Reclaimable MoS 2 Sponge Absorbent for Drinking Water Purification Driven by Solar Energy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:11718-11728. [PMID: 35917327 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the fast development of modern industries, scarcity of freshwater resources caused by heavy metal pollution (i.e., Hg2+) has become a severe issue for human beings. Herein, a 3D-MoS2 sponge as an excellent absorbent is fabricated for mercury removal due to its multidimensional adsorption pathways, which decreases the biomagnification effect of methylmercury in water bodies. Furthermore, a secondary water purification strategy is employed to harvest drinkable water with the exhausted adsorbents, thus alleviating the crisis of drinking water shortage. Compared to the conventional landfill treatment, the exhausted MoS2 sponge absorbents are further functionalized with a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) layer to prevent the heavy metals from leaking and enhance the hydrophilicity for photothermal conversion. The fabricated evaporator displays excellent evaporation rates of ∼1.45 kg m-2 h-1 under sunlight irradiation and produces freshwater with Hg2+ under the WHO drinking water standard at 0.001 mg L-1. These results not only assist in avoiding the biodeposition effect of mercury in water but also provide an environment-friendly strategy to recycle hazardous adsorbents for water purification.
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- Meng Li
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi, P. R. China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, P. R. China
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Low-Dimensional Nanomaterial Systems Formed by IVA Group Elements Allow Energy Conversion Materials to Flourish. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12152521. [PMID: 35893488 PMCID: PMC9332081 DOI: 10.3390/nano12152521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In response to the exhaustion of traditional energy, green and efficient energy conversion has attracted growing attention. The IVA group elements, especially carbon, are widely distributed and stable in the earth’s crust, and have received a lot of attention from scientists. The low-dimensional structures composed of IVA group elements have special energy band structure and electrical properties, which allow them to show more excellent performance in the fields of energy conversion. In recent years, the diversification of synthesis and optimization of properties of IVA group elements low-dimensional nanomaterials (IVA-LD) contributed to the flourishing development of related fields. This paper reviews the properties and synthesis methods of IVA-LD for energy conversion devices, as well as their current applications in major fields such as ion battery, moisture electricity generation, and solar-driven evaporation. Finally, the prospects and challenges faced by the IVA-LD in the field of energy conversion are discussed.
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Zhou H, Wang Y, Ren Y, Li Z, Kong X, Shao M, Duan H. Plastic Waste Valorization by Leveraging Multidisciplinary Catalytic Technologies. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Hua Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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Santoro S, Avci AH, Politano A, Curcio E. The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:6087-6125. [PMID: 35789347 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00097c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination/purification of salty/contaminated water for human uses is particularly relevant. Membrane distillation is an emerging hybrid thermal-membrane technology with the potential to overcome the drawbacks of conventional desalination by a synergic exploitation of the water-energy nexus. Although membrane distillation is considered a green technology, efficient heat management remains a critical concern affecting the cost of the process and hindering its viability at large scale. A multidisciplinary approach that involves materials chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials and polymer science is required to solve this problem. The combination of solar energy with membrane distillation is considered a potentially feasible low-cost approach for providing high-quality freshwater with a low carbon footprint. In particular, recent discoveries about efficient light-to-heat conversion in nanomaterials have opened unprecedented perspectives for the implementation of sunlight-based renewable energy in membrane distillation. The integration of nanofillers enabling photothermal effects into membranes has been demonstrated to be able to significantly enhance the energy efficiency without impacting on economic costs. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview on the state of the art, the opportunities, open challenges and pitfalls of the emerging field of solar-driven membrane distillation. We also assess the peculiar physicochemical properties and synthesis scalability of photothermal materials, as well as the strategies for their integration into polymeric nanocomposite membranes enabling efficient light-to-heat conversion and freshwater.
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- Sergio Santoro
- University of Calabria - Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Cubo 44 A, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende CS, Italy.
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- University of Calabria - Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Cubo 44 A, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende CS, Italy.
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila (AQ), Italy.
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- University of Calabria - Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Cubo 44 A, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende CS, Italy.
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Xia W, Cheng H, Zhou S, Yu N, Hu H. Synergy of copper Selenide/MXenes composite with enhanced solar-driven water evaporation and seawater desalination. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 625:289-296. [PMID: 35717844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Despite significant of solar energy to power water evaporation in seawater desalination, the commercial application of this technology is limited by the poor light absorption and low photothermal conversion of existing photothermal materials. Herein, we report a simple method for solar-driven water evaporation using a device comprising Cu2-xSe/Nb2CTx nanocomposites supported by a glass microfiber membrane, which utilizes cotton thread as water transport pathway. The proposed device demonstrates excellent light absorption, water transportation, and thermal management. Benefiting from the strong synergetic photothermal effect of Cu2-xSe and Nb2CTx, the Cu2-xSe/Nb2CTx nanocomposites function as an efficient solar absorber with excellent photothermal conversion efficiency. The rough surface, low thermal conductivity and good hydrophilicity of glass microfiber membrane could maximize light capture, limit heat loss, and timely replenish water during the water evaporation process. When evaluated as a water evaporation system for outdoor seawater desalination, the system achieved a water evaporation of 12.60 kg·m-2 within 6 h. High fresh water generation rate is an important embodiment of high photothermal conversion efficiency. This study demonstrates a new route for designing solar desalination devices with high photothermal conversion properties.
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- Wanting Xia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
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Zhang C, Chen X, Cui B, Chen L, Zhu J, Bai N, Wang W, Zhao D, Li Z, Wang Z. Dual-Layer Multichannel Hydrogel Evaporator with High Salt Resistance and a Hemispherical Structure toward Water Desalination and Purification. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:26303-26313. [PMID: 35615808 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Interfacial solar steam generation technology has been considered as one of the most promising methods for seawater desalination. However, in practical applications, salt precipitation on the evaporation surface reduces the evaporation rate and impairs long-term stability. Herein, a dual-layer hydrogel-based evaporator that contains a microchannel-structured water-supplying layer and a nanoporous light-absorbing layer was synthesized via sol-gel transition and "hot-ice" template methods. Contributed by the designed structure-induced accelerated salt ion exchange, the hemispherical dual-layer hydrogel evaporator showed excellent salt formation resistance property, as well as a high evaporation rate reaching 2.03 kg m-2 h-1 even under high brine concentration conditions. Furthermore, the hydrogel-based evaporator also demonstrated excellent ion rejection, high/low pH tolerance, and excellent purification properties toward heavy metals and organic dyes. It is believed that this type of dual-layer multichannel evaporator is promising to be used in seawater desalination, water pollution treatment, and other environmental remediation-related applications.
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- Caiyan Zhang
- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Ali N, Abbas S, Cao Y, Fazal H, Zhu J, Lai CW, Zai J, Qian X. Low cost, robust, environmentally friendly, wood supported 3D-hierarchical Cu 3SnS 4 for efficient solar powered steam generation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 615:707-715. [PMID: 35168019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Solar steam generation has great potential in alleviating freshwater crises, particularly in regions with accessible seawater and abundant insolation. Inexpensive, efficient, and eco-friendly photothermal materials are desired to fabricate sunlight-driven evaporation devices. Here, we have designed an economical strategy to fabricate a high-performance wood-based solar steam generation device. In current study, 3D-hierarchical Cu3SnS4 has been loaded on wood substrates of variable sizes via an in-situ solvothermal method. Considering the water transportation capacity and thermal insulation property of wood, an enhanced light absorption was achieved by a uniform coating of Cu3SnS4 on the inside and outside of the 3D porous structure of the wood. Thanks for the synergistic effect of Cu3SnS4 and wood substrate, the obtained composite endorsed high-performance solar steam generation with a steam generation efficiency of 90% and an evaporation rate as high as 1.35 kg m-2h-1 under one sun.
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- Nazakat Ali
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polyolefins and Catalysis, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Catalysis Technology for Polyolefins, Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, 28 East Jiangchuan Rd, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute For Advanced Studies (IAS), University of Malaya, 3rd Floor, Block A, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Polyolefins and Catalysis, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Catalysis Technology for Polyolefins, Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
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