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A Highly Efficient and Durable Solar Evaporator Based on Hierarchically Ions Selective Nanostructures, EcoMat. 2022: e12289

Lianhui Li; Lang Du; Yuanyuan Bai; Yongfeng Wang; Mingming Hao , Mengyuan Liu; Changlei Ge; Shuqi Wang; Hui Zheng; Lili Li; Fuqin Sun; Ting Zhang*;

Abstract

Solar-driven vapor generation technology can directly produce clean water, but existing strategies remain challenging in achieving both high evaporation performance and good salt resistance due to complex water-thermal management. Here, we constructed hydrogel-based hierarchically nanostructured evaporator (HNE) with vertically aligned micro water transportation pathways and water confined ion selective nanochannels. Based on the polarity modified hierarchical structures and umbrella-shaped geometry design, HNEs can achieve high-speed water transfer at low saturated water content to realize efficient heat energy confinement, and provide more heat exchange sites. Consequently, an exciting water evaporation rate of 3.68 kg m−2 h−1 and the efficiency of 91.1% were achieved under 1 sun solar radiation. More importantly, the overlapping electrical double layer in the narrow nanochannels endows the ions selectivity of the nanochannel to reject anions, resulting in reliable long-term salt resistance. The ingenious design was creatively confirmed by streaming potential and validated during long-term efficient work.


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Full Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eom2.12289