An integrated solar evaporator with multilevel hierarchy and multifunctional properties for efficient and salt fouling-resistant desalination-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An integrated solar evaporator with multilevel hierarchy and multifunctional properties for efficient and salt fouling-resistant desalination

Published:2022 Issue:45 Volume:10 Page:24373-24380
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Yang Zhi¹²,Chen Lei¹²,Yang Kaijie³,Chen Cheng¹²^ORCID,Zhang Yuyao¹²,Li Shan¹²,Chu Chiheng¹²,Zhu Xiaoying¹²^ORCID,Chen Baoliang¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China

2. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Hangzhou 310058, China

3. Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials (AMPM) Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

A hierarchy is integrated into the solar evaporator and triggers multifunctional properties, by which salt-resistant desalination is achieved without sacrificing the energy efficiency even in hypersaline solutions (83–93% in 3.5–25 wt% brine).

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

National Key Research and Development Program of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/TA/D2TA07153C

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