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Reusable reduced graphene oxide based double-layer system modified by polyethylenimine for solar steam generation
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In this article, a double-layer solar steam generation system with double layer structures was developed, of which the top reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets as a light-to-heat conversion layer and the bottom mixed cellulose esters (MCE) membrane as a porous supporting layer.About:
This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 203 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar energy.read more
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Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive review on the current development in efficient photothermal evaporation, and suggest directions to further enhance its overall efficiency through the judicious choice of materials and system designs, while synchronously capitalizing waste energy to realize concurrent clean water and energy production.
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Highly Flexible and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device
Chaoji Chen,Chaoji Chen,Yiju Li,Jianwei Song,Zhi Yang,Yudi Kuang,Emily Hitz,Chao Jia,Amy Gong,Feng Jiang,Junyong Zhu,Bao Yang,Jia Xie,Liangbing Hu +13 more
TL;DR: The nature-inspired design concept in this study is straightforward and easily scalable, representing one of the most promising solutions for renewable and portable solar energy generation and other related phase-change applications.
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Self-Contained Monolithic Carbon Sponges for Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation Distillation and Electricity Generation
TL;DR: In this article, an ultralight weight nitrogen-enriched carbon sponge (CS), a 3D elastic cellular solid to soak up water and perform efficient in situ photothermic vaporization is reported.
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Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications
TL;DR: In this article, the photothermal effect has been used as a novel strategy to augment vaporization and catalysis performance, and the design of efficient photothermal conversion materials in terms of both light harvesting and thermal management.
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Solar water evaporation by black photothermal sheets
TL;DR: In this article, the physical understanding and experimental advances in development of black photothermal sheets for solar water evaporation are summarized, and three groups of the photothermal sheet are discussed in terms of different light-harvesting materials, such as carbon-based sheets, plasmonic sheets as well as semiconducting sheets.
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Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades
Mark A. Shannon,Paul W. Bohn,Paul W. Bohn,Menachem Elimelech,Menachem Elimelech,John G. Georgiadis,Benito J. Mariñas,Anne M. Mayes,Anne M. Mayes +8 more
TL;DR: Some of the science and technology being developed to improve the disinfection and decontamination of water, as well as efforts to increase water supplies through the safe re-use of wastewater and efficient desalination of sea and brackish water are highlighted.
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The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment
TL;DR: The possible reductions in energy demand by state-of-the-art seawater Desalination technologies, the potential role of advanced materials and innovative technologies in improving performance, and the sustainability of desalination as a technological solution to global water shortages are reviewed.
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Infrared Perfect Absorber and Its Application As Plasmonic Sensor
TL;DR: A perfect plasmonic absorber is experimentally demonstrated at lambda = 1.6 microm, its polarization-independent absorbance is 99% at normal incidence and remains very high over a wide angular range of incidence around +/-80 degrees.
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Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use
TL;DR: New developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the materials and physical sciences may enable step-change approaches to cost-effective, globally scalable systems for solar energy use.
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3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination
TL;DR: In this article, a plasmon-enhanced solar desalination device, fabricated by the self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles into a three-dimensional porous membrane, is demonstrated.