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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Scalable Multifunctional Fabrics with Boosted Intrinsic Photothermal Efficiency for Salt-Resistant Solar-Driven Janus Evaporators.

Mingqing Yu, Jiaqi Hu, Xinghao Li, Linchu Xu, Huawei Hu, Robert T Woodward, Wei Lyu, Yaozu Liao

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Mingqing YuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2059-2667
Jiaqi HuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Xinghao LiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Linchu XuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Huawei HuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Robert T WoodwardInstitute of Materials Chemistry and Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 42, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
Wei LyuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6581-8311
Yaozu LiaoState Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-6281

Funding

Changjiang Scholar Program, Ministry of Education T2023082National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFB3807100National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFB3807102National Natural Science Foundation of China 52103106National Natural Science Foundation of China 52373172National Natural Science Foundation of China 52473055Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai 23ZR1401100Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader 21XD1420200State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials KF2204State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials KF2306State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials KF2316
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Abstract

Global population growth and climate change are causing freshwater scarcity, which necessitates creative solutions like solar-driven desalination. This technology's widespread adoption is hampered by cost and efficiency issues. Intrinsic photothermal conversion efficiency has gotten less attention than light trapping and thermal management, which have been the main focuses of efforts to increase photo-to-vapor efficiencies. Here, a commercial padding and vapor polymerization method are used to develop scalable nylon fabrics that act as solar absorbers. This is achieved by anchoring iron catalysts with hydrolyzed perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane chains, which cause confined polymerization of pyrrole to generate polypyrrole. By narrowing the bandgap and generating bioinspired light-trapping nanostructures, this technique achieves a superior intrinsic photothermal conversion efficiency of 84.6%, which is 4.94 times higher than that of unconfined polymerization. These fabrics are used to create a Janus evaporator, which operates steadily in prolonged seawater testing and shows an evaporation rate of 3.84 kg m

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confined polymerization strategyhydrophobic fabricsphotothermal conversionsalt‐rejectionsolar‐driven Janus evaporators

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