Polydopamine-Wool Textiles for Sustainable Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation.

Kyuin Park, Jintong Gao, Hansadi Jayamaha, Yipu Wang, Mia Bressler, Lenan Zhang, Larissa M Shepherd

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Kyuin ParkDepartment of Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-6544

Jintong GaoSibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell Duffield Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Hansadi JayamahaDepartment of Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9019-3242

Yipu WangSibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell Duffield Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5717-1132

Mia BresslerSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell Duffield Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9554-3138

Lenan ZhangSibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell Duffield Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Larissa M ShepherdDepartment of Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-235X

Funding

AATCC Foundation Student Research SupportCornell Atkinson Center for SustainabilityNational Science Foundation 2401017

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG), which harnesses sunlight for water distillation, presents a promising strategy to address global water scarcity. While conventional 3D evaporators offer high evaporation performance, their widespread implementation remains constrained by material selection, cost, and fabrication methods. Herein, we present a nature-inspired, polydopamine (PDA)-dyed wool textile as a 2.5D evaporator for ISVG, leveraging its double-sided evaporating surfaces to maximize overall evaporation performance. The inherent fibrous architecture of wool textiles enables efficient water transport via natural capillary and exhibits effective solar absorption through photothermal PDA dyeing. The hierarchical nanostructure on micro-scale fibers, created by subsequent plasma etching, further amplifies the light trapping and moisture wicking capabilities. Under 1-Sun illumination, the PDA-wool and ultrablack PDA-wool textiles achieve evaporation rates of 2.21 and 2.43 kg/m

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functional textilesnanostructurespolydopaminesolar desalinationtextilesultrablackvapor generation

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PMID42702833

DOI10.1002/advs.77609

PMCPMC13547712

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