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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Decoupling Transport of Salt Ions and Water in Hierarchically Structured Hydrogel for High Salinity Desalination.

Yihan Shi, Xin Stella Zhang, Jiaqi Zhang, Shudi Mao, Casey Onggowarsito, An Feng, Wei Wei, Yuhan Huang, Qiang Fu

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Yihan ShiCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-6514
Xin Stella ZhangCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-9017
Jiaqi ZhangCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-9588
Shudi MaoCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-4670
Casey OnggowarsitoCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8962-7971
An FengCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-798X
Wei WeiCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-337X
Yuhan HuangCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9800-8788
Qiang FuCenter for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-330X

Funding

Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award DE220100530Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award DE220100552Australian Research Council under the Discovery Project DP250102613Australian Research Council under the Future Fellowship FT180100312China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship 202306630025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global water scarcity demands next-generation desalination technologies that transcend the limitations of energy-intensive processes and salt accumulation. Herein, a groundbreaking interfacial solar steam generation system capable of simultaneous hypersaline desalination and ambient energy harvesting is introduced. Through hierarchical hydrogel architecture incorporating a central vertical channel and radial channels with gradient apertures, the design effectively decouples salt transport and water evaporation: solar-driven fluid convection directs water outward for evaporation, while inward salt migration prevents surface crystallization and redistributes excess heat. The heat dissipation induces a sub-ambient "cold evaporation" effect, lowering the evaporative interface temperature and enhancing ambient energy utilization. The system achieves a remarkable water evaporation rate exceeding 12 kg m

Indexed as

hierarchical structurehyper‐salinity brineion transport managementsolar desalinationzero liquid discharge

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PMID40923221
PMCPMC12617031

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