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ReviewGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ)2021

Nanoenabled Photothermal Materials for Clean Water Production.

Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Xianbao Wang

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Review in Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Interfacial Solar Steam/Vapor Generation for Heating and Cooling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Muhammad Sultan IrshadMinistry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Hubei University Wuhan 430062 P. R. China.
Naila ArshadInstitute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information School of Science Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) Xi'an 710049 P. R. China.
Xianbao WangMinistry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Hubei University Wuhan 430062 P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7765-4027

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar-powered water evaporation is a primitive technology but interest has revived in the last five years due to the use of nanoenabled photothermal absorbers. The cutting-edge nanoenabled photothermal materials can exploit a full spectrum of solar radiation with exceptionally high photothermal conversion efficiency. Additionally, photothermal design through heat management and the hierarchy of smooth water-flow channels have evolved in parallel. Indeed, the integration of all desirable functions into one photothermal layer remains an essential challenge for an effective yield of clean water in remote-sensing areas. Some nanoenabled photothermal prototypes equipped with unprecedented water evaporation rates have been reported recently for clean water production. Many barriers and difficulties remain, despite the latest scientific and practical implementation developments. This Review seeks to inspire nanoenvironmental research communities to drive onward toward real-time solar-driven clean water production.

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clean waternanoenabledphotothermalsteam generation

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PMID33437524
PMCPMC7788632

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