Xiaozhen Hu

TL;DR: It is found that this capability of high solar steam generation is attributed to the unique natural structure of mushroom, umbrella-shaped black pileus, porous context, and fibrous stipe with a small cross section, which not only provide efficient light absorption, water supply, and vapor escape, but also suppress three components of heat losses at the same time.

TL;DR: Graphene oxide-based aerogels with carefully tailored properties are developed to enable efficient solar steam generation under one-sun illumination.

TL;DR: In this paper, a flexible Janus membrane is fabricated by convenient electrospinning process to enable stable and efficient solar desalination, and two functions of solar steam generation, solar absorption and water pumping, are decoupled into different layers, with upper hydrophobic carbon black nanoparticles (CB) coating polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) layer for light absorption and bottom hydrophilic polyacrylonitrile (PAN) layer to pump water.

TL;DR: A modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) film with nanopores, fabricated through a scalable and low-cost process, can serve as a protective layer for improving lithium-metal anodes and suppress Li-dendrite formation because of its chemical inertness and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this article, a 3D artificial transpiration device with all three components of heat loss and angular dependence of light absorption minimized, which enables over 85% solar steam efficiency under one sun without external optical or thermal management.