ArticleNature communications2022
Three-dimensional open architecture enabling salt-rejection solar evaporators with boosted water production efficiency.
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- Materials and Systems for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: From Material Design to System Integration and Engineering Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Superhydrated Zwitterionic Hydrogel with Dedicated Water Channels Enables Nonfouling Solar Desalination.Nano-micro letters · 2025Article
- Asymmetric tapered multistage solar still with optimized mass transfer equilibrium for ultrahigh water production.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Interfacial solar evaporation transforms brine mineral recovery.Science advances · 2025Review
- Dyson sphere-like evaporators enhanced interfacial solar evaporation via self-generated internal convection.Nature communications · 2025Article
- High-Performing Clean Water Production by Rational Design of Functional Solar Evaporator and Vapor Condensation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Preparation of Janus-Structured Evaporators for Enhanced Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation and Seawater Desalination.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Spatial Confinement Engineered Gel Composite Evaporators for Efficient Solar Steam Generation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Simultaneous Salt Rejection and Heat Localization Via Engineering Macrochannels in Morning Glory-Shaped 3D Evaporator.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Harnessing rain hose technology for water-saving sustainable irrigation and enhancing blackgram productivity in garden land.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Design and fabrication of porous three-dimensional Ag-doped reduced graphene oxide (3D Ag@rGO) composite for interfacial solar desalination.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Integration of photothermal water evaporation with photocatalytic microplastics upcycling via nanofluidic thermal management.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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Abstract
Direct solar desalination exhibits considerable potential for alleviating the global freshwater crisis. However, the prevention of salt accumulation while maintaining high water production remains an important challenge that limits its practical applications because the methods currently employed for achieving rapid salt backflow usually result in considerable heat loss. Herein, we fabricate a solar evaporator featuring vertically aligned mass transfer bridges for water transport and salt backflow. The 3D open architecture constructed using mass transfer bridges enables the evaporator to efficiently utilize the conductive heat that would otherwise be lost, significantly improving the water evaporation efficiency without compromising on salt rejection. The fabricated evaporator can treat salt water with more than 10% salinity. Moreover, it can continuously and steadily work in a real environment under natural sunlight with a practical solar-to-water collection efficiency of >40%. Using the discharged water from reverse osmosis plants and sea water from the Red Sea, the evaporator demonstrates a daily freshwater generation rate of ~5 L/m
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