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ArticleRSC advances2023

Solar-driven seawater desalination

Ola R Hayes, Amr Awad Ibrahim, Mina Shawky Adly, S E Samra, A M A Ouf, S A El-Hakam, Awad I Ahmed

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Article in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ola R HayesChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.
Amr Awad IbrahimChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1315-6616
Mina Shawky AdlyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.
S E SamraChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.
A M A OufChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.
S A El-HakamChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-5628
Awad I AhmedChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University Al-Mansoura 35516 Egypt amr_awad@mans.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-6300
Mansoura University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, solar seawater desalination has been considered to be a promising and cost-effective technique to produce clean sources for water treatment and water deficiency. In addition, this technique shows high photothermal conversion efficiency by solar collectors to transfer solar energy into heat and the transformation of molecules in the capillaries of solar evaporators. In this study, we report the preparation of graphene-supported MIL-125 with polyurethane foam (MGPU) for solar steam generation. We modified MGPU by using the plasmonic nanoparticles of Ag and a polymer of polyaniline to increase the evaporation rate. Polyurethane foam can float on the surface of water and self-pump water by its hydrophilic porous structure, superior thermal insulation capabilities, and easy fabrication. MIL-125 has a high salt rejection and higher water permeability. It can reduce the affinity between water molecules and the pore surface of membrane, making it simple for water molecules to move through the pores. GO is a great alternative for steam generation applications since it exhibits broad-band light. The strong solar absorption, photothermal conversion efficiency, and photoreaction efficiency are enhanced by the use of silver nanoparticles in the photoreaction. The salt resistance capability is enhanced in saline water in the presence of polyaniline in a composite. Under one solar irradiation, the Ag/PANI/GO@MIL-125 (Ag-PMG) nanocomposite demonstrates an average 1.26 kg m

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