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A cucurbit[8]uril based supramolecular assembly and its potential applications for the removal of dye and antibiotic from an aqueous medium

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Toward multitasking solar desalination: a Janus and scalable paper evaporator with light trapping, heat confinement, salt resistance, and pollutant degradation

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A multilayered Co–Fc MOF/GO 3D evaporator for efficient solar-driven water generation and wastewater purification

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Incorporation of a Z-scheme AgI/Ag6Si2O7 heterojunction to PET fabric for efficient and repeatable photocatalytic dye degradation

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Molecular engineering of a synergistic photocatalytic and photothermal membrane for highly efficient and durable solar water purification

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Efficient Double-Layer Evaporators with Adjustable Pores for Sustainable Solar Evaporation

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Bioinspired photothermal sponge for simultaneous solar-driven evaporation and solar-assisted wastewater purification

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Bioinspired, Sustainable, High‐Efficiency Solar Evaporators for Sewage Purification

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Welding Pollen‐Based Solar Evaporator for Clean Water Production

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Biomass Hydrogel Solar-Driven Multifunctional Evaporator for Desalination, VOC Removal, and Sterilization

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High-performance interfacial solar steam generation enabled by synergistic integration of MXene, bentonite, and MOF-303

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Dual‐Interface Solar Evaporator with Highly‐Efficient Thermal Regulation via Suspended Multilayer Design

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Biomimetic solar evaporator for continuous clean water production with synergistic organic dye wastewater remediation

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Emerging Strategies to Achieve Interfacial Solar Water Evaporation Rate Greater than 3 kg·m-2·h-1 under One Sun Irradiation

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A Photothermal/Catalytic Integrated Solar Evaporator for Stable Purification of High‐Concentration Dye Sewage

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Research progress on the development of new nano materials for solar-driven sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting and corresponding system applications

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The synergistic top-watering strategy based on thermal sensitivity and Donnan effect enables high salt-tolerance solar-driven interfacial evaporation

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Amphipathic Janus Nanofibers Aerogel for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

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Synergistic photothermal conversion on Mn3CeOx/Coal-based carbon material membrane for simultaneous interface evaporation and organic pollutant removal

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Planting Anion Channels in a Negatively Charged Polyamide Layer for Highly Selective Nanofiltration Separation

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Bioinspired, robust wood solar evaporator with scale-like surfaces for efficient solar-driven water purification and thermoelectric generation

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Electrochemically assisted preparation of graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet membranes for efficient water purification

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Multifunctional Solar Evaporator with Adjustable Island Structure Improves Performance and Salt Discharge Capacity of Desalination

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Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications

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Polypyrrole solar evaporator designed based on the interface evaporation principle and its application in sewage treatment

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A hydrate-based zero liquid discharge method for high-concentration organic wastewater: resource recovery and water reclamation

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High Performance Solar-Driven Power–Water Cogeneration for Practical Application: From Micro/Nano Materials to Beyond

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Rational design of molybdenum sulfide/tungsten oxide solar absorber with enhanced photocatalytic degradation toward dye wastewater purification

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A Renewable and Antibacterial Solar Evaporator for Efficient Seawater Desalination: Performance Analysis and Empirical Formula

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Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2023, 7
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Multifunctional fabrics embedded with polypyrrole-silver/silver chloride nanocomposites for solar-driven steam generation and photocatalytic decontamination

Can Gao, Yue Chen, Qing Wang, Buguang Zhou, Jiecong Li, Jifu Mao and Jiansheng Guo

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Bioinspired Aerogel with Vertically Ordered Channels and Low Water Evaporation Enthalpy for High‐Efficiency Salt‐Rejecting Solar Seawater Desalination and Wastewater Purification

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Emerging potential unconventional applications of gas hydrate technologies in sustainable and environmental industries

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In-situ growth of polyoxometalate-based metal-organic frameworks on wood as a promising dual-function filter for effective hazardous dye and iodine capture

Ziwei Cui, Jianfei Wu, Yaning Xu, Tiantian Wu, Haoran Li, Jing Li, Lixing Kang, Yahui Cai, Jianzhang Li and Dan Tian

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Simply Prepared, Wood‐Based Solar Evaporators for Highly Effective Oily Wastewater Purification

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