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Recent strategies for constructing efficient interfacial solar evaporation systems

Show Author's Information Yida Wang1,3,  Junqing Hu2,  Li Yu2( ),  Xuan Wu3,  Yingying Zhang1( ),  Haolan Xu3( )
Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia
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energy management, molecular engineering, photothermal materials, interfacial solar evaporation
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Interfacial solar evaporation (ISE) is a promising technology to relieve worldwide freshwater shortages owing to its high energy conversion efficiency and environmentally sustainable potential. So far, many innovative materials and evaporators have been proposed and applied in ISE to enable highly controllable and efficient solar-to-thermal energy conversion. With rational design, solar evaporators can achieve excellent energy management for lowering energy loss, harvesting extra energy, and efficiently utilizing energy in the system to improve freshwater production. Beyond that, a strategy of reducing water vaporization enthalpy by introducing molecular engineering for water-state regulation has also been demonstrated as an effective approach to boost ISE. Based on these, this article discusses the energy nexus in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) evaporators separately and reviews the strategies for design and fabrication of highly efficient ISE systems. The summarized work offers significant perspectives for guiding the future design of ISE systems with efficient energy management, which pave pathways for practical applications.


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Recent strategies for constructing efficient interfacial solar evaporation systems

Show Author's information Yida Wang1,3, Junqing Hu2, Li Yu2( ), Xuan Wu3, Yingying Zhang1( ), Haolan Xu3( )
Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
Future Industries Institute, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia

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Interfacial solar evaporation (ISE) is a promising technology to relieve worldwide freshwater shortages owing to its high energy conversion efficiency and environmentally sustainable potential. So far, many innovative materials and evaporators have been proposed and applied in ISE to enable highly controllable and efficient solar-to-thermal energy conversion. With rational design, solar evaporators can achieve excellent energy management for lowering energy loss, harvesting extra energy, and efficiently utilizing energy in the system to improve freshwater production. Beyond that, a strategy of reducing water vaporization enthalpy by introducing molecular engineering for water-state regulation has also been demonstrated as an effective approach to boost ISE. Based on these, this article discusses the energy nexus in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) evaporators separately and reviews the strategies for design and fabrication of highly efficient ISE systems. The summarized work offers significant perspectives for guiding the future design of ISE systems with efficient energy management, which pave pathways for practical applications.

Keywords: energy management, molecular engineering, photothermal materials, interfacial solar evaporation

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Received: 23 January 2023
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Authors acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52125201 and 21975141), the National Key Basic Research and Development Program (No. 2020YFA0210702), Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Project (No. JCYJ20180508152903208), and Australian Research Council (Nos. FT190100485 and DP220100583).

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