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Liang Y, Wang D, Yu H, Wu X, Lu Y, Yang X, Owens G, Xu H. Recent innovations in 3D solar evaporators and their functionalities. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024; 69:3590-3617. [PMID: 39353816 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.09.015] [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: 06/16/2024] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
Abstract
Interfacial solar evaporation (ISE) has emerged as a promising technology to alleviate global water scarcity via energy-efficient purification of both wastewater and seawater. While ISE was originally identified and developed during studies of simple double-layered two-dimensional (2D) evaporators, observed limitations in evaporation rate and functionality soon led to the development of three-dimensional (3D) evaporators, which is now recognized as one of the most pivotal milestones in the research field. 3D evaporators significantly enhance the evaporation rates beyond the theoretical limits of 2D evaporators. Furthermore, 3D evaporators could have multifaceted functionalities originating from various functional evaporation surfaces and 3D structures. This review summarizes recent advances in 3D evaporators, focusing on rational design, fabrication and energy nexus of 3D evaporators, and the derivative functions for improving solar evaporation performance and exploring novel applications. Future research prospects are also proposed based on the in-depth understanding of the fundamental aspects of 3D evaporators and the requirements for practical applications.
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- Yunzheng Liang
- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- 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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- 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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- Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
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Chen J, Wang X, Wang B, Wu T, Zhang L, Zhang K, Fang G, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Yang G. Recent Advances of Bio-Based Hydrogel Derived Interfacial Evaporator for Sustainable Water and Collaborative Energy Storage Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2403221. [PMID: 39012064 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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Solar interfacial evaporation strategy (SIES) has shown great potential to deal with water scarcity and energy crisis. Biobased hydrogel derived interfacial evaporator can realize efficient evaporation due to the unique structure- properties relationship. As such, increasing studies have focused on water treatment or even potential accompanying advanced energy storage applications with respect of efficiency and mechanism of bio-based hydrogel derived interfacial evaporation from microscale to molecular scale. In this review, the interrelationship between efficient interfacial evaporator and bio-based hydrogel is first presented. Then, special attention is paid on the inherent molecular characteristics of the biopolymer related to the up-to-date studies of promising biopolymers derived interfacial evaporator with the objective to showcase the unique superiority of biopolymer. In addition, the applications of the bio-based hydrogels are highlighted concerning the aspects including water desalination, water decontamination atmospheric water harvesting, energy storage and conversion. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives are given to unveil the bottleneck of the biobased hydrogel derived SIES in sustainable water and other energy storage applications.
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- Jiachuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210042, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210042, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210042, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250353, China
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Chaw Pattnayak B, Krishna VS, Sahu BK, Mohapatra S. Reusable Floating Spherical Hydrogel Evaporator for Solar Desalination with Salt Mitigation and Contaminant Elimination. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:18663-18671. [PMID: 38063076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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The generation of clean and drinkable fresh water from seawater and contaminated water holds great potential to mitigate water scarcity. Herein, a floating spherical hydrogel evaporator (SHE) is designed to achieve sunlight-driven desalination, self-salt cleaning, and removal of environmental contaminants. The spherical lightweight polystyrene is coated with a porous carbon-embedded sodium alginate/PVA/CMC photothermal hydrogel to generate a spherical hydrogel evaporator (SHE) that floats naturally. The SHE is very sensitive to the weight imbalance (500 mg) and can respond quickly to the accumulation of salt by rotation to the fresh evaporation surface, realizing excellent antisalt fouling performance. Remarkably, with energy localization by porous carbon, the spherical floating evaporator achieved a high evaporation rate of 2.65 kg m-2 h-1 with an evaporation efficiency of 98%. At the same time, SHE is also capable of adsorbing both organic contaminants and heavy metal ions through functional groups of the hydrogel, attaining 99% removal efficiency. Overall, this low-cost spherical floating evaporator may offer solution for eco-friendly and sustainable production of fresh water on a large scale.
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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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- 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
- Centre for Nanomaterials, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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Zhang H, Du Y, Jing D, Yang L, Ji J, Li X. Integrated Janus Evaporator with an Enhanced Donnan Effect and Thermal Localization for Salt-Tolerant Solar Desalination and Thermal-to-Electricity Generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:49892-49901. [PMID: 37815919 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) technology has great advantages in seawater desalination. However, during the long-term operation of a solar evaporator, salts can be deposited on the solar absorbing surface, which, in turn, hinders the evaporation process. Therefore, there is an urgent need to propose new antisalt strategies to solve this problem. Here, we present a novel cogeneration system leveraging a salt-tolerant, heterogeneous Janus-structured evaporator (FHJE) for simultaneous solar desalination and thermoelectric generation. The top evaporation layer is composed of a graphene-based photothermal membrane pre-embedded with Fe3+ cations, which enhanced solar absorption and energy conversion abilities. Meanwhile, the Fe3+ cations further contribute to the Donnan effect, effectively repelling salt ions in saltwater. The bottom layer comprises a hydrogel composed of hydrophilic phytic acid (PA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), fostering facilitation of water transport. The FHJE was demonstrated to exhibit evaporation rate and efficiency as high as 3.655 kg m-2 h-1 and 94.7% in 10 wt% saltwater, respectively, and superior salt resistance ability without salt accumulation after 8 h of continuous evaporation (15 wt%). Furthermore, a hydropower cogeneration evaporator device was constructed, and it possesses an open-circuit voltage (VOC) and a maximum output power density of up to 143 mV and 1.33 W m-2 under 1 sun, respectively. This study is expected to provide new ideas for comprehensive utilization of solar energy.
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- He Zhang
- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
- International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Li X, Wang P, Lu Q, Yao H, Yang C, Zhao Y, Hu J, Zhou H, Song M, Cheng H, Dai H, Wang X, Geng H. A hierarchical porous aerohydrogel for enhanced water evaporation. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 244:120447. [PMID: 37574625 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Natural solar-powered steam generation provides a promising strategy to deal with deteriorating water resources. However, the practical applications of this strategy are limited by the tedious manufacturing of structures at micro-nano levels to concentrate heat and transport water to heat-localized regions. Herein, this work reports the fabrication of hierarchically porous aerohydrogel with enhanced light absorption and thermal localization at the air-solid interface. This aerohydrogel steam generator is fabricated by a simple yet controllable micropore generation approach to assemble air and hydrogel into hierarchically porous gas-solid hybrids. The tunable micropore size in a wide range from 99±49µm to 316±58μm not only enables contrasting sunlight absorptance (0.2 - 2.5µm) by reducing the reflection of solar light but also harnesses water transportation to the heating region via a capillary force-driven liquid flow. Therefore, a solar-vapor conversion efficiency of 91.3% under one sun irradiation was achieved using this aerohydrogel evaporator, reaching a ready evaporation rate of 2.76kg m-2 h-1 and 3.71kg m-2 h-1 under one and two sun irradiations, respectively. Our work provides a versatile and scalable approach to engineering porous hydrogels for highly efficient steam generation and opens an avenue for other potential practical applications based on this aerohydrogel.
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- Xiaorui Li
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, PR China; Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, PR China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, PR China.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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Wang B, Zhang H, He N, Wang H, Jiang B, Tang D, Li L. Mangrove root-inspired evaporator enables high-rate salt-resistant solar desalination. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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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: 2] [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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