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ArticleNature communications2025

Large-scale 3D printed fouling-resistant self-floating evaporator.

Yiru Pu, Wenzhu Lin, Xiaoxue Yao, Qili Xu, Wai Kin Lo, Yuyi Liu, Jiawei Sun, Yijun Zeng, Songnan Bai, Miaomiao Cui and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yiru Pu *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Wenzhu Lin *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiaoxue Yao *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Qili Xu *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Wai Kin LoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-3977
Yuyi LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-359X
Jiawei SunSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-4534
Yijun ZengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3563-3361
Songnan BaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-3096
Miaomiao CuiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Stevin PramanaSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5837-7554
Tong LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1045-4538
Zuankai WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China. zk.wang@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-1122
Steven WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. steven.wang@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9192-349X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar-driven interfacial desalination is an emerging approach to address global freshwater crisis while minimizing carbon emissions. A key challenge in interfacial desalination technology is maintaining long-term high efficiency with fouling-resistance and energy-saving. Here, we develop a 3D-printed concave-shaped solar evaporator and a floating freshwater collection setup, that achieve nearly 100% photothermal evaporation efficiency with a rate of 2.23

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PMCPMC12006523

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