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ArticleiScience2024

Refractory plasmonic material based floating solar still for simultaneous desalination and electricity generation.

Matthew J Margeson, Mark Atwood, Jaser Lara de Larrea, Joseph A Weatherby, Heather Daurie, Katlyn Near, Graham A Gagnon, Mita Dasog

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Matthew J MargesonDepartment of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Mark AtwoodDepartment of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Jaser Lara de LarreaCentre for Water Resources Studies, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 1360 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Joseph A WeatherbyDepartment of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Heather DaurieCentre for Water Resources Studies, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 1360 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Katlyn NearDepartment of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Graham A GagnonCentre for Water Resources Studies, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, 1360 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Mita DasogDepartment of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Floating interfacial solar evaporation offers a land-saving, eco-friendly, and low-infrastructure alternative for freshwater production. However, challenges include maximizing heat localization, preventing salt accumulation, and operating under harsh environmental conditions. This work demonstrates a plasmonic titanium carbide (TiC) nanoparticle (NP)-based floating solar desalination system that produces clean water using sunlight on saline water sources. The components of the floating still were carefully chosen to optimize freshwater output, with TiC produced by upcycling tire waste. Outdoor experiments in Halifax, Canada, where solar insolation reached around 6 kW m

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ChemistryElectrical materialsEnergy sustainabilityMaterials scienceWater resources engineering

Identifiers

PMID39569368
PMCPMC11576394

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