Solar heat localization: concept and emerging applications

Varun Kashyap and Hadi Ghasemi

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 7035
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01004A

Innovative salt-blocking technologies of photothermal materials in solar-driven interfacial desalination

Fahad Nawaz, Yawei Yang, Shihan Zhao, Minhao Sheng, Cheng Pan and Wenxiu Que

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 16233
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA03610F

Anti-biofouling double-layered unidirectional scaffold for long-term solar-driven water evaporation

Xiang-Ying Wang, Jingzhe Xue, Chunfeng Ma, Tao He, Haisheng Qian, Bao Wang, Jianwei Liu and Yang Lu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 16696
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA02210D

An ‘antifouling’ porous loofah sponge with internal microchannels as solar absorbers and water pumpers for thermal desalination

Chao Liu, Kevin Hong, Xiao Sun, Avi Natan, Pengcheng Luan, Yang Yang and Hongli Zhu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 12323
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03872E

CNT/PVA-PVA double-layer hydrogel interfacial evaporators for stable solar desalination and water purification

Jingyi Wang, Yongqian Cui, Xinxin Liang, Yuqing Chen, Shuochen Wang, Xin Huang, Nurxat Nuraje and Chuanyi Wang

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 23589
DOI: 10.1039/D5NR03115J

A thermally insulated solar evaporator coupled with a passive condenser for freshwater collection

Shuwen Cheng, Zhehao Sun, Yang Wu, Peng Gao, Jiaxin He, Zongyou Yin, Liying Liu and Gang Li

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 22428
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA05781B

Bamboo fiber-reinforced chitosan sponge as a robust photothermal evaporator for efficient solar vapor generation

Xisheng Sun, Xiaohua Jia, Jin Yang, Sizhe Wang, Yong Li, Dan Shao and Haojie Song

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 23891
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA07459H

Marine biomass-derived, hygroscopic and temperature-responsive hydrogel beads for atmospheric water harvesting and solar-powered irrigation

Xuemei Chang, Shuai Li, Na Li, Shuxue Wang, Jingjing Li, Cui Guo, Liangmin Yu, Petri Murto and Xiaofeng Xu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 18170
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA04919H

Mechanically robust biomass-derived carbonaceous foam for efficient solar water evaporation

Sainan Ma, Yuhao Wu, Ruiling Lv, Xiang Gao and Qianqian Wang

New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 21771
DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ04579F

Sandwich hydrogel with confined plasmonic Cu/carbon cells for efficient solar water purification

Cheng Tian, Chengcheng Li, Delun Chen, Yifan Li, Lei Xing, Xinlong Tian, Yang Cao, Wei Huang, Zhongxin Liu and Yijun Shen

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 15462
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA02927D

Solar energy technologies for desalination and utilization of hypersaline brines

Zhen-Wei Wu and Hao-Cheng Yang

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 673
DOI: 10.1039/D4SE01552E

Recent advances in interfacial solar vapor generation: clean water production and beyond

Shudong Yu, Yuheng Gu, Xujiang Chao, Guanghan Huang and Dahua Shou

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 5978
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA10083E

Low cost, facile, environmentally friendly all biomass-based squid ink-starch hydrogel for efficient solar-steam generation

Yuanlu Xu, Xin Xiao, Xinfei Fan, Yi Yang, Chengwen Song, Yaofang Fan and Yanming Liu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 24108
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA08620G

Recent advances in solar-driven evaporation systems

Zhourui Xu, Zida Li, Yihang Jiang, Gaixia Xu, Mingwei Zhu, Wing-Cheung Law, Ken-Tye Yong, Yanshuai Wang, Chengbin Yang, Biqin Dong and Feng Xing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 25571
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA08869B

High-performance solar vapor generation by sustainable biomimetic snake-scale-like porous carbon

Ning Liu, Liang Hao, Boyi Zhang, Ran Niu, Jiang Gong and Tao Tang

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2020, 4, 5522
DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01239D

Fundamentals of cellulose lightweight materials: bio-based assemblies with tailored properties

Elisa S. Ferreira, Camila A. Rezende and Emily D. Cranston

Green Chem., 2021, 23, 3542
DOI: 10.1039/D1GC00326G

Molten salts promoting the “controlled carbonization” of waste polyesters into hierarchically porous carbon for high-performance solar steam evaporation

Boyi Zhang, Changyuan Song, Chang Liu, Jiakang Min, Jalal Azadmanjiri, Yunxia Ni, Ran Niu, Jiang Gong, Qiang Zhao and Tao Tang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 22912
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA07663H

Cu-based MOF-derived porous carbon with highly efficient photothermal conversion performance for solar steam evaporation

Guanyu Chen, Zipeng Jiang, Ang Li, Xiaohong Chen, Zhaokun Ma and Huaihe Song

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 16805
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA03695E

Water management by hierarchical structures for highly efficient solar water evaporation

Yukun Sun, Xupeng Zong, Dan Qu, Ge Chen, Li An, Xiayan Wang and Zaicheng Sun

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 7122
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA00113B

Solar-driven evaporators for water treatment: challenges and opportunities

Shao-Lin Wu, Honglei Chen, Hua-Li Wang, Xiaolan Chen, Hao-Cheng Yang and Seth B. Darling

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2021, 7, 24
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00725K

An environmental pollutant to an efficient solar vapor generator: an eco-friendly method for freshwater production

Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Parul Garg and Ashok Bera

Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 3856
DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00361E

Naturally Abundant Green Moss for Highly Efficient Solar Thermal Generation of Clean Water

Masuod Khajevand, Saeid Azizian and Rabah Boukherroub

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 31680
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06810

Exploring perovskite oxide for advancing salt-resistant photothermal membranes and reliable thermoelectric generators

Naila Arshad, Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Muneerah Alomar, Jinming Guo, M. Sohail Asghar, Naveed Mushtaq, M.A.K. Yousaf, Uzma Ghazanfar, Matiullah Shah, Xianbao Wang, Yabin Hao, Lien Thi Do, Van-Duong Dao, Hao Wang, Zhengbiao Ouyang and Han Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 475, 146200
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.146200

Simple carbonization of sorghum straw: A Janus structure for highly efficient solar interface water evaporation

Fuqiang Zhang, Zhiqiang Qi, Xiaoxue Wu, Keyan Yang, Hongzhen Cai, Waqar Iqbal and Jibing Zhang

Materials Today Chemistry, 2025, 45, 102618
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102618

Ultra low-cost and bio-sustainable carbonized green algae for wastewater purification in gold smelting industry

Chaofan Zhang, Baohua Yuan, Lixia Yang, Huawei Yang, Liangjiu Bai, Feng Wang, Donglei Wei, Wenxiang Wang and Hou Chen

Environ Sci Pollut Res, 2022, 29, 22082
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17326-4

A review of solar interfacial distillation water purification technology inspired by nature

Ying Xu, Qian Zhang, Yinghao Liang and Long Huang

Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023, 55, 104156
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104156

Augmenting interfacial solar steam generation using 3D-printed hollow honeycomb structured pattern filled with rGO decorated natural fibres

Marimuthu Rengasamy and Kamatchi Rajaram

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2024, 702, 135153
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.135153

Biomass derived Janus solar evaporator for synergic water evaporation and purification

Yi Lu, Xiang Wang, Deqi Fan, Hang Yang, Haolan Xu, Huihua Min and Xiaofei Yang

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2020, 25, e00180
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2020.e00180

Alignment engineering in thermal materials

Bin Xie, Weixian Zhao, Xiaobing Luo and Run Hu

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2023, 154, 100738
DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2023.100738

Carbonized tofu as photothermal material for highly efficient solar steam generation

Xu Zhou, Jiyan Li, Chao Liu, Fei Wang, Hui Chen, Chunxu Zhao, Hanxue Sun and Zhaoqi Zhu

Int J Energy Res, 2020, 44, 9213
DOI: 10.1002/er.5603

Improving the Saline Water Evaporation Rates Using Highly Conductive Carbonaceous Materials Under IR Light for Improved Freshwater Production

Fairus Tanzim, Balakrishnan Subeshan and Ramazan Asmatulu

SSRN Journal, 2021
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3995822

Recent Progress on the Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation Based on Natural Products and Synthetic Polymers

Fei Wang, Jiyan Li, Wei Bai, Chengjun Wang and An Li

Solar RRL, 2021, 5
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100475

Efficient Solar-Driven Water Purification Based on Biochar with Multi-Level Pore Bundle Structure for Preparation of Drinking Water

Zhen Zhang, Shizheng Jiang, Haonan Chen, Hao Qi, Yali Chen, Yujie Chen, Qiliang Deng and Shuo Wang

Foods, 2021, 10, 3087
DOI: 10.3390/foods10123087

Morphological Structure and Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Drought Stress of Iris japonica

Xiaofang Yu, Yujia Liu, Panpan Cao, Xiaoxuan Zeng, Bin Xu, Fuwen Luo, Xuan Yang, Xiantong Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Xue Xiao, Lijuan Yang and Ting Lei

Plants, 2023, 12, 3729
DOI: 10.3390/plants12213729

Preparation of rGO @SA/CNF-doped copper composite aerogels and their solar-driven interfacial evaporation properties in water purification

Jiajia Gui, Yixiang Chen, Wei Wang and Dan Yu

J Mater Sci, 2024, 59, 5359
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-024-09484-w

Carbon nanofibers enhanced solar steam generation device based on loofah biomass for water purification

Chaofan Zhang, Baohua Yuan, Ying Liang, Lixia Yang, Liangjiu Bai, Huawei Yang, Donglei Wei, Feng Wang, Qingyao Wang, Wenxiang Wang and Hou Chen

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 258, 123998
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123998

Nature-inspired pyramid-shaped 3-dimensional structure for cost-effective heat-localized solar evaporation with high efficiency and salt localization

Qiangqiang Huang, Changkang Du and Congliang Huang

Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022, 215, 118950
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118950

Improving the saline water evaporation rates using highly conductive carbonaceous materials under infrared light for improved freshwater production

Fairus Tanzim, Balakrishnan Subeshan and R. Asmatulu

Desalination, 2022, 531, 115710
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2022.115710

Floating graphite felt-cellulose multilayer sandwich evaporator for solar salt-resistant seawater desalination: Mechanistic role of incorporated super water holding layer

Ridha Djellabi, Dominic Aboagye, Walid Nabgan, Francesc Medina and Sandra Contreras

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12, 114253
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.114253

Naturally Hydrophobic Foams from Lignocellulosic Fibers Prepared by Oven-Drying

Elisa S. Ferreira, Emily D. Cranston and Camila A. Rezende

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 8267
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01480

Group VIII (Fe, Co, and Ni) based water evaporators for solar driven interfacial water evaporation: Performance optimization, applications and recent advances

Zhuoran Yang, Wenting Li, Menghan Liu, Yao Meng, Chunyu Yang, Fengyu Qu and Wei Guo

Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 344, 127216
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.127216

Natural and Bio‐Inspired Structural Materials for High‐Performance Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation

Yeran Li, Shengjie Bi, Xing Liu, Yongchao Duo, Xiaoming Qian, Xin jin and Wenyu Wang

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2026, 10
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202501521

Natural Porous Materials for Interfacial Solar Steam Generation toward Clean Water Production

Ahmed Mortuza Saleque, Nadia Nowshin, Md. Nahian Al Subri Ivan, Safayet Ahmed and Yuen Hong Tsang

Solar RRL, 2022, 6
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100986

Vertically aligned reduced graphene oxide/Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrid hydrogel for highly efficient solar steam generation

Wei Li, Xiaofeng Li, Wei Chang, Jing Wu, Pengfei Liu, Jianjun Wang, Xi Yao and Zhong-Zhen Yu

Nano Res., 2020, 13, 3048
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2970-y

A Simple, Scalable, Low‐Cost Honeycomb‐Like Carbonized Corncob for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Yuchao Chen, Changchang Sha, Yihao Yu and Wenju Wang

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022, 6
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202100300

Robustly Inorganic Solar Steam Generator Derived from Hollow Glass Microspheres Based Composites for Desalination

Shuo Wang, Ye Niu, Xingyun Ye, Fang Liu, Min Su, Zhaoqi Zhu, Hanxue Sun, Jiyan Li, Weidong Liang and An Li

Solar RRL, 2021, 5
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100771

Synergistic ZnO Nanoflowers Anchored Carbonized Palm Fiber for Advanced Photothermal Water Desalination and Purification

Jo-Ey Liow, Kok-Loong Lim, Jin He Goh, Wee-Jun Ong, Poi Sim Khiew, Nur Aimi Jani, Wee Siong Chiu, Swee-Tiam Tan and Choon-Yian Haw

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 364, 132359
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132359

Polymethyl Methacrylate/Polypyrrole Porous Membranes Prepared by Breath Figure Method with Superior Salt Resistance for High‐Efficiency Interfacial Solar Evaporation

Lijuan Yan, Nan Lu, Xiaoyin Cao, Yingjiao Ma, Zhentao Hu, Jiyan Li, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

Solar RRL, 2023, 7
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202200686

A multifunctional biomass-derived solar evaporator constructed from Chinese medicine residues for cost-effective solar evaporation

Huang Zhou, Siqi Wang, Hongbin Cao, Mingxi Zhou, Haiyan Wang, Pengjie Xian, Xiu He, Jingjing Fu and Jun Liu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 377, 134491
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134491

3D carbonized orange peel: A self-floating solar absorber for efficient water evaporation

Animesh Roy, Muhammad Zakria Tariq, Moonwoo La, Dongwhi Choi and Sung Jea Park

Desalination, 2024, 573, 117191
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2023.117191

Interfacial solar steam generation by wood-based devices to produce drinking water: a review

Roya Mehrkhah, Elaheh K. Goharshadi, Eric Lichtfouse, Ho Seon Ahn, Somchai Wongwises, Wei Yu and Omid Mahian

Environ Chem Lett, 2023, 21, 285
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-022-01501-1

Potential and challenges of improving solar still by micro/nano-particles and porous materials - A review

Guilong Peng, Swellam W. Sharshir, Yunpeng Wang, Meng An, Dengke Ma, Jianfeng Zang, A.E. Kabeel and Nuo Yang

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 311, 127432
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127432

Porous Ni/CNTs composite membrane as solar absorber for highly efficient solar steam generation

Qi Li, Shuqi Zhang, Na Wei, Ruiqi Xu, Xiaoyun Li, Like Gong and Hongzhi Cui

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022, 243, 111815
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111815

Plant Transpiration-Inspired Biomass-Based Device with Underwater Oleophobicity for Efficient General-Purpose Solar-Driven Oily Wastewater Purification

Zhenglong Xu, Yifan Yang, Wei Yao, Chuming Ye, Haohui Qiao, Jianfeng Shen and Mingxin Ye

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 48336
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12333

A review on carbonized natural green flora for solar desalination

T. Arunkumar, Hyeong Woo Lim, David Denkenberger and Sang Joon Lee

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, 158, 112121
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112121

Novel oil-repellent photothermal materials based on copper foam for efficient solar steam generation

Shujing Zhao, Miaomiao Xia, Yuhan Zhang, Qi-Meige Hasi, Juanjuan Xu and Lihua Chen

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 225, 111058
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111058

Solar–Thermal Water Evaporation: A Review

Yunsong Pang, Jiajia Zhang, Ruimin Ma, Zhiguo Qu, Eungkyu Lee and Tengfei Luo

ACS Energy Lett., 2020, 5, 437
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02611

Multifunctional Hydrothermal‐Carbonized Sugarcane for Highly Efficient Direct Solar Steam Generation

Anyun Wei, Kewen Cui, Pengfei Wang, Yufei Gu, Xiaoyang Wang, Xiaojiang Mu, Yongzhi Tian, Jianhua Zhou, Zhiqiang Sun, Yulian Chen, Jiahong Zhang, Jing Liu and Lei Miao

Solar RRL, 2021, 5
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202000782

Natural down fiber-reinforced and polypyrrole-modified silk fibroin composite aerogel for efficient solar steam generation toward seawater desalination and wastewater treatment

Zhi Liu, Yi Miao, Yiling Shi, Qinqin Yang, Jianghui Zhao and Quan Feng

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 257, 128678
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128678

Investigation of zwitterionic wood evaporator for efficient salt-resistant desalination and water purification

Jing Zhou, Xu Zhang, Feiyong Chen, Jingtao Xu, Xuewu Zhu, Jia Liu and Bing Xu

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 117431
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.117431

Biomass-based photothermal materials for interfacial solar steam generation: a review

I. Ibrahim, V. Bhoopal, D.H. Seo, M. Afsari, H.K. Shon and L.D. Tijing

Materials Today Energy, 2021, 21, 100716
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100716

A robust and low-cost blended-fiber-based evaporator with high efficiency for solar desalination

Qianqian Liu, Xiangjun Liu, Ge Chen, Pei Feng, Yucheng Xiong, Meng An, Cheng Shao, Xiongfei Zhu, Renzong Wang, Jianshi Sun, Jisheng Sun, Chunfang Guo, Siyi Bi and Shouhang Li

Desalination, 2024, 583, 117715
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2024.117715

A salt-free superhydrophilic metal-organic framework photothermal textile for portable and efficient solar evaporator

Jiulong Wang, Weike Wang, Li Feng, Jinzhu Yang, Wei Li, Jing Shi, Tao Lei and Chengbing Wang

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 231, 111329
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111329

TiO2 Decorated onto Three-Dimensional Carbonized Osmanthus Fragrans Leaves for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation

Yali Ao, Li Wang, Lin Yang, Chengjie Duan, Qizhe Gui, Songyun Cui, Shutang Yuan and Jiaqiang Wang

Nanomaterials, 2025, 15, 504
DOI: 10.3390/nano15070504

Self-cleaning solar steam generator based on engineered carbonized waste tea photothermal layer

Farid Mahjoub, Behzad Naghdi and Farzaneh Arabpour Roghabadi

Cleaner Materials, 2025, 17, 100327
DOI: 10.1016/j.clema.2025.100327

Highly Anisotropic Corncob as an Efficient Solar Steam-Generation Device with Heat Localization and Rapid Water Transportation

Tingjie Chen, Hao Xie, Xin Qiao, Shuqiang Hao, Zhenzeng Wu, Duo Sun, Zhiyong Liu, Fang Cao, Binghui Wu and Xiaoliang Fang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 50397
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13845

Carbonized sunflower stalks with or without storage tissue for highly efficient water purification and desalination

Zhuo Feng, Xue OuYang, Shufang Zhou, Jiayi Wang, Futai Lu, Shuo Wang and Qiliang Deng

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11, 110284
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110284

Blackbody-Inspired Array Structural Polypyrrole-Sunflower Disc with Extremely High Light Absorption for Efficient Photothermal Evaporation

Yali Chen, Guomeng Zhao, Lipei Ren, Hongjun Yang, Xingfang Xiao and Weilin Xu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 46653
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11549

Interfacial solar vapor evaporator based on biologically natural composites

Jianlong Huang, Lanqi Jing, Quan Zhang, Shuwan Zong and Aitang Zhang

Nano Energy, 2025, 133, 110458
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110458

Plasma-assisted synthesis of Janus multifunctional solar evaporator for ultra-long-duration freshwater and thermoelectric co-generation

Jiabao Sun, Yanbin Xin, Bing Sun, Qianyu Yang and Xinfei Fan

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 497, 154621
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.154621

Solar water recycling of carbonaceous aerogel in open and colsed systems for seawater desalination and wastewater purification

Shuying Dong, Yinlan Zhao, Jingyi Yang, Wen Li, Wuyue Luo, Shuxun Li, Xiaodan Liu, Hongyang Guo, Chongfei Yu, Jianhui Sun, Jinglan Feng and Yongfa Zhu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 431, 133824
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133824

Flexible Janus Black Silicon Photothermal Conversion Membranes for Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Purification

Chuanling Zhou, Qiuyu Mei, Limingming Huang, Tingting Mao, Shuangfu Li, Zhian Wang, Hua Wan, Hui Gu and Kai Han

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 26153
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02627

Achieving efficient multifunctional platform utilizing sugarcane for water-electricity cogeneration and dyes reduction

Haitao Li, Qifan Qian, Xuan Li, Hui Cheng, Bingquan Wu, Xing Yi Ling and Jie Han

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 505, 159258
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.159258

Carbon nanofiber reinforced carbon aerogels for steam generation: Synergy of solar driven interface evaporation and side wall induced natural evaporation

Jun Yan, Qifeng Wu, Junjie Wang, Wei Xiao, Guoqiang Zhang, Huaiguo Xue and Jiefeng Gao

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 641, 1033
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.114

Salt-Resistant Photothermal Materials Based on Monolithic Porous Ionic Polymers for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Fei Wang, Yanning Su, Yuanzhen Li, Dongyuan Wei, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 8746
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01292

Biomimetic surface strategy of spectrum-tailored liquid metal via blackbody inspiration for highly efficient solar steam generation, desalination, and electricity generation

Zechang Wei, Chenyang Cai, Yangze Huang, Yongqin Wang and Yu Fu

Nano Energy, 2021, 86, 106138
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106138

Ultralight Biomass Porous Foam with Aligned Hierarchical Channels as Salt-Resistant Solar Steam Generators

Jiyan Li, Xu Zhou, Peng Mu, Fei Wang, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Junwei Zhang, Weiwen Li and An Li

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 798
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b18398

Tubular polypyrrole enhanced elastomeric biomass foam as a portable interfacial evaporator for efficient self-desalination

Yan Kong, Yue Gao, Baoyu Gao, Yuanfeng Qi, Weiyan Yin, Shouquan Wang, Fengjiao Yin, Zhenguo Dai and Qinyan Yue

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 445, 136701
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136701

Tunable polypyrrole-coated cellulose aerogel via in situ polymerization for high-performance solar-powered water purification: Effects of porosity, photothermal conversion, and long-term stability

Atul A. Pawar and Hern Kim

Desalination, 2026, 617, 119452
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2025.119452

Biomimetic Design of 3D Fe3O4/V-EVOH Fiber-Based Self-Floating Composite Aerogel to Enhance Solar Steam Generation Performance

Yi Wu, Shanshan Li, Kai Yan, Ming Xia, Qin Cheng, Jia Xu, Shanshan He, Xinlin Zha, Dong Wang and Limin Wu

Nano Lett., 2024, 24, 4537
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00572

Spent coffee ground-based interfacial solar steam generation

Yuhui Ma, Tianxiang Jiang, Aijun Zhang and Junrui Cao

J Mater Cycles Waste Manag, 2021, 23, 604
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-020-01148-6

Multi-Synergistic Removal of Low-Boiling-Point Contaminants with Efficient Carbon Aerogel-Based Solar Purifier

Zhongming Huang, Yingpeng Wan, Jianli Liang, Yafang Xiao, Xiaozhen Li, Xiao Cui, Shuang Tian, Qi Zhao, Shengliang Li and Chun-Sing Lee

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 31624
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06000

Constructing 3D optical absorption holes by stacking macroporous membrane for highly efficient solar steam generation

Chenglong Guo, Jiaxu Zhao, Wenting Zhang, Endong Miao and Yuhang Xie

Renewable Energy, 2020, 159, 944
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.051

Polyhedral Oligomeric Sesquioxane Cross-Linked Chitosan-Based Multi-Effective Aerogel Preparation and Its Water-Driven Recovery Mechanism

Yang Liu, Mingjian Ma, Yuan Shen, Zhengdong Zhao, Xuefei Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Jiangbo Pan, Di Wang, Chengyu Wang and Jian Li

Gels, 2024, 10, 279
DOI: 10.3390/gels10040279

Beyond lotus: Plasma nanostructuring enables efficient energy and water conversion and use

Yikuan Tian, Huachao Yang, Shenghao Wu, Jianhua Yan, Kefa Cen, Tengfei Luo, Guoping Xiong, Yang Hou, Zheng Bo and Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov

Nano Energy, 2019, 66, 104125
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104125

Mechanically robust bamboo node and its hierarchically fibrous structural design

Si-Ming Chen, Si-Chao Zhang, Huai-Ling Gao, Quan Wang, LiChuan Zhou, Hao-Yu Zhao, Xin-Yu Li, Ming Gong, Xiao-Feng Pan, Chen Cui, Ze-Yu Wang, YongLiang Zhang, HengAn Wu and Shu-Hong Yu

National Science Review, 2023, 10
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac195

MoS2-Decorated Solar Evaporation Aerogel with Sugarcane Vertically Aligned Channels for Water Desalination and Purification

Gengyang Chen, Hexi Zhang, Zhu Chen, Mingtao Chen, Tongxin Liu, Jiao He, Liang Jiang, Yongjuan Chen and Jiaqiang Wang

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2026, 14, 4569
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c12957

Carbonized sorghum straw derived 3D cup-shaped evaporator with enhanced evaporation rate and energy efficiency

Zhen Zhang, Zhuo Feng, Hao Qi, Yali Chen, Yujie Chen, Qiliang Deng and Shuo Wang

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2022, 32, e00414
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2022.e00414

Banana pseudostem-inspired fluidic photothermal structure towards efficient solar steam generation and continuous salt rejecting

Jiakai Li, Rongxin Lv, Guiqiu Li, Wenqi Luo, Jiashui Wang, Meng Xia, Peng Zhao, Yongyao Chen, Senjia Wu, Qi Chen, Yijun Shen, Meng Li, Wei Xiao, Wang Dong and Juanxiu Xiao

Desalination, 2023, 567, 116954
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2023.116954

Polyzwitterionic hydrogel using waste biomass as solar absorbent for efficient evaporation in high salinity brine

Wenzong Liu, Sihui Wang, Zhenglin Chen, Jiaqi Yang, Zhiling Li and Aijie Wang

Green Carbon, 2025, 3, 50
DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2024.09.003

Semicarbonized Subwavelength-Nanopore-Structured Nanocellulose Paper for Applications in Solar Thermal Heating

Thanakorn Yeamsuksawat, Yoshitaka Morishita, Jun Shirahama, Yintong Huang, Takaaki Kasuga, Masaya Nogi and Hirotaka Koga

Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 7379
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01466

Review of interface solar-driven steam generation systems: High-efficiency strategies, applications and challenges

Qichen Huang, Xuechen Liang, Chongyuan Yan and Yizhen Liu

Applied Energy, 2021, 283, 116361
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116361

Highly Thermally Insulated and Superhydrophilic Corn Straw for Efficient Solar Vapor Generation

Haotian Zhang, Lin Li, Bo Jiang, Qian Zhang, Jing Ma, Dawei Tang and Yongchen Song

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 16503
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01585

Biomass photothermal structures with carbonized durian for efficient solar-driven water evaporation

Long Zeng, Daxiang Deng, Linye Zhu, Huimin Wang, Zhenkun Zhang and Yingxue Yao

Energy, 2023, 273, 127170
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127170

Full cattail leaf-based solar evaporator with square water transport channels for cost-effective solar vapor production

Weiming Wang, Yuming Wu, Jie Yi, Yuhan Yang, Meiling Shen, Zhihui Yang, Shuai Peng, Xue Min, Xixian Yang, Jun Xiong and Ming Li

Cellulose, 2023, 30, 1103
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-022-04941-8

Solar-driven interfacial desalination for simultaneous freshwater and salt generation

Jiale Xu, Zizhao Wang, Chao Chang, Benwei Fu, Peng Tao, Chengyi Song, Wen Shang and Tao Deng

Desalination, 2020, 484, 114423
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114423

Janus 3D graphene based evaporator with controllable wettability for highly efficient solar desalination

Yang Yang, Chang Liu, Jian Wang, Guorong Xu and Tingting Ren

Desalination, 2023, 558, 116639
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2023.116639

A bio-based 3D evaporator nanocomposite for highly efficient solar desalination

Masoud Khajevand, Saeid Azizian and Babak Jaleh

Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 284, 120278
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120278

Watermelon Pulp Templated Polypyrrole for Solar Steam Generation with High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency

Heng Wang, Shijie Liu, Yujian He, Xiangxin Tian and Jingquan Liu

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022, 6
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202200215

Interfacial solar evaporation using biomass: Environmental impact, financial feasibility, and a bibliometric perspective

Maryam Nooman AlMallahi, Mohamed Y.E. Selim and Mahmoud Elgendi

Desalination, 2025, 614, 119160
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2025.119160

A Biomass Porous Carbon with Robust Salt Resistance Capacity for Continuously Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Desalination

Pingping Liang, Xiaokun Wen, Shuai Liu and Wencui Xiu

Materials, 2026, 19, 1172
DOI: 10.3390/ma19061172

Electrospun Lignin-Based Phase-Change Nanofiber Films for Solar Energy Storage

Li Niu, Xu Li, Yikun Zhang, Haiyue Yang, Jacko Feng and Zhiming Liu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 13081
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03462

Polypyrrole-modified natural eggplant aerogel with high shape recovery for simultaneous efficient clean water generation and heavy metal ion adsorption from wastewater

Lele Li, Qinqin Yang, Yiling Shi, Lei Zhou, Wei Li, Jianghui Zhao and Zhi Liu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 331, 125669
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.125669

Utilizing sugarcane as green transpiration-driven generator for efficient electricity harvesting from seawater

Haitao Li, Xuan Li, Xiangming Li, Huan Wang, Jiangchao Huang, Siew Kheng Boong, Hiang Kwee Lee, Jie Han and Rong Guo

Nano Energy, 2022, 99, 107378
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107378

Clean water production by non-noble metal/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite coated on wood: Scalable interfacial solar steam generation and heavy metal sorption

Roya Mehrkhah, Elaheh K. Goharshadi, Mohammad Mustafa Ghafurian, Mojtaba Mohammadi and Omid Mahian

Solar Energy, 2021, 224, 440
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.06.004

Ultra-high salt-resistant eggplant carbon evaporator: Evaporation performance and salt-resistance mechanism

Lele Li, Qinqin Yang, Xianhong Zheng, Lei Zhou, Siew Chun Low, Jianghui Zhao and Zhi Liu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 368, 132974
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132974

A simple, flexible, and porous polypyrrole‐wax gourd evaporator with excellent light absorption for efficient solar steam generation

Yuanlu Xu, Haichao Mu, Xiaoshi Han, Tianjun Sun, Xinfei Fan, Bowen Lv, Zonglin Pan, Yongxin Song and Chengwen Song

Intl J of Energy Research, 2021, 45, 21476
DOI: 10.1002/er.7195

Efficient Solar Steam Generation by Multiscale Photothermal Structures Derived from Cactus Stems

Chuchu Zhang, Yanjun Li, Xing Wei, Jiapeng Song, Yuanjin Wang, Guowei Li, Zhenggang Rao and Linfeng Fei

Langmuir, 2024, 40, 17722
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02103

Coffee Grounds-Doped Alginate Porous Materials for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Chaohu Xiao, Shanshan Wang, Yuping Guo, Yuhan Zhang, Qi-Meige Hasi, Qi Tian and Lihua Chen

Langmuir, 2022, 38, 1888
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03102

Farm-waste-derived recyclable photothermal evaporator

Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Jiansheng Li, Yichen Deng, Joseph A. DeGiorgis, Shiyu Zhou, Andrew Caratenuto, Marilyn L. Minus, Yinsheng Wan, Gang Xiao and Yi Zheng

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 2, 100549
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100549

Solar interfacial regeneration performance of different solutions for liquid desiccant cooling system

Laisheng Si and Xiuwei Li

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 2023, 2520, 012002
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2520/1/012002

Biomimetic hierarchical FeS-functionalized 3D cotton architectures inspired by floral morphology for enhanced solar-driven desalination and wastewater remediation

Sujith Lal, Manikanda Prabhu V., R. Sreehari, Byungil Hwang and Sudip K. Batabyal

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167097
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.167097

Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation for wastewater purification: Recent advances and challenges

Lingfang Cui, Peifang Wang, Huinan Che, Juan Chen, Bin Liu and Yanhui Ao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 477, 147158
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.147158

Highly Efficient Solar Vapor Generation via a Simple Morphological Alteration of TiO2 Films Grown on a Glassy Carbon Foam

Sungdo Kim, Zeeshan Tahir, Mamoon Ur Rashid, Joon I. Jang and Yong Soo Kim

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 50911
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c14247

Universal Strategy to Prepare a Flexible Photothermal Absorber Based on Hierarchical Fe-MOF-74 toward Highly Efficient Solar Interfacial Seawater Desalination

Jiulong Wang, Weike Wang, Jianguo Li, Xueyang Mu, Xinyue Yan, Zerui Wang, Jinbu Su, Tao Lei and Chengbing Wang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 45944
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11176

Solar Interfacial Evaporation at the Water–Energy Nexus: Bottlenecks, Approaches, and Opportunities

Xu Zhang, Xiaotong Yang, Peixun Guo, Xingjie Yao, Haibing Cong and Bing Xu

Solar RRL, 2023, 7
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202201098

Fe(III)-natural polyphenols bilayer coatings on fingered citron as a novel photothermal material for sustainable seawater desalination

Tien Thanh Pham, Minh Tuan Nguyen, Hoang Giang Nguyen, Thi An Hang Nguyen, Danh Bich Do, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Daisuke Tanaka and Dinh Duc Nguyen

Desalination, 2022, 537, 115873
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2022.115873

Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generators Based on Multicore@Shell Nanostructured Aerogels of Carbon and Silica as the Light Absorber−Heat Insulator

Sogol Karami, Farzaneh Arabpour Roghabadi, Fatemeh Pashaei Soorbaghi, Vahid Ahmadi and Seyed Mojtaba Sadrameli

Solar RRL, 2021, 5
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100048

Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation under Low Solar Flux via Carbon‐Nanotube‐Modified Sugarcane

Yang Yang, Chang Liu, Man Zhao, Jian Wang and Xinxia Tian

Energy Tech, 2021, 9
DOI: 10.1002/ente.202100588

Study on the performance of solar interfacial evaporation for high-efficiency liquid desiccant regeneration

Dongxu Wu, Qi Cui, Yuanzhi Gao, Zhaofeng Dai, Bo Chen, Changling Wang and Xiaosong Zhang

Energy, 2022, 257, 124721
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124721

Janus Poly(ionic liquid) Monolithic Photothermal Materials with Superior Salt-Rejection for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Chaohu Xiao, Weidong Liang, Lihua Chen, Jingxian He, Fang Liu, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu and An Li

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2, 8862
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01856

Ionic Liquid-Assisted Alignment of Corn Straw Microcrystalline Cellulose Aerogels with Low Tortuosity Channels for Salt-Assistance Solar Steam Evaporators

Jiyan Li, Xu Zhou, Yanju Jing, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 12181
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02278

An efficient photothermal conversion material based on D‐A type luminophore for solar‐driven desalination

Jun‐Cheng Yang, Lin Wu, Le Wang, Runhua Ren, Pu Chen, Chunxuan Qi, Hai‐Tao Feng and Ben Zhong Tang

Aggregate, 2024, 5
DOI: 10.1002/agt2.535

Programmable Interface Asymmetric Integration of Carbon Nanotubes and Gold Nanoparticles toward Flexible, Configurable, and Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering Active All‐In‐One Solar‐Driven Evaporators

Chang Zhang, Peng Xiao, Feng Ni, Yanping Yang, Jincui Gu, Lei Zhang, Junyuan Xia, Youju Huang, Wenqin Wang and Tao Chen

Energy Tech, 2019, 7
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201900787

Biomechanics of vascular plant as template for engineering design

Mukesh Roy, Febina M. Mathew and Anamika Prasad

Materialia, 2020, 12, 100747
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100747

Controlling pore size and photothermal layer to improve solar-porous evaporation performance

Jinwook Choi, Yongwon Seo, Changung Paeng, Changyong Yim and Seolha Kim

J Mech Sci Technol, 2024, 38, 2627
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-024-0439-8

Wood-Based Solar Interface Evaporation Device with Self-Desalting and High Antibacterial Activity for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Jin Yang, Yu Chen, Xiaohua Jia, Yong Li, Sizhe Wang and Haojie Song

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 47029
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14068

Hyperstable and compressible plant fibers/chitosan aerogel as portable solar evaporator

Xi Lu, Jiebin Tang, Zhaoping Song, Huili Wang, Dehai Yu, Guodong Li, Wei Li and Wenxia Liu

Solar Energy, 2022, 231, 828
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.12.036

Upcycled PET‐Derived Carbon Foam Functionalized with Cu3SbS4–Sb2S3 Heterostructures for Efficient Interfacial Solar Desalination

Muzammil Hussain, Kassa Belay Ibrahim, Enrique Rodríguez‐Castellón, Silvia Gross, Pawan Kumar, Stéphanie Bruyère, David Horwat, Elisa Moretti, Alberto Vomiero and Tofik Ahmed Shifa

Small, 2025, 21
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202506862

Ultrablack Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐Graphite Composite Xerogel with Vertically Arranged Pores for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation and Desalination

Hongqiang Wang, Zechun Lu, Shangyang Ma, Zehua Li, Zhenhua Xin, Zhihua Zhang, Bin Zhou, Jun Shen, Lili Qin and Ai Du

Adv Energy and Sustain Res, 2022, 3
DOI: 10.1002/aesr.202100188

Robust light-driven interfacial water evaporator by electrospinning SiO2/MWCNTs-COOH/PAN photothermal fiber membrane

Qingbin Qi, Wei Wang, Yu Wang and Dan Yu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2020, 239, 116595
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116595

Low-cost and facile fabrication of a candle soot/adsorbent cotton 3D-interfacial solar steam generation for effective water evaporation

Linjiang Zhang, Bo Bai, Na Hu and Honglun Wang

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 221, 110876
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110876

Biomimetic MXene‐Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Hydrogel with Vertically Aligned Channels for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Zhenchuan Yu and Peiyi Wu

Adv Materials Technologies, 2020, 5
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202000065

Laser-structured bamboo-graphene bilayer evaporator for solar-driven, scalable, and salt-resistant water purification

Liangjuan Jiang, Rui Dang, Xiaoxue Fan, Zhaolan Wang, Shuyu Hou, Zheng Zhang, Dun Wu, Dong Wang, Zheng Cao, Chunlin Liu and Junfeng Cheng

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 118084
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.118084

Recent advances in carbon‐based materials for solar‐driven interfacial photothermal conversion water evaporation: Assemblies, structures, applications, and prospective

Yanmin Li, Yanying Shi, Haiwen Wang, Tiefeng Liu, Xiuwen Zheng, Shanmin Gao and Jun Lu

Carbon Energy, 2023, 5
DOI: 10.1002/cey2.331

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation: Design and application progress of structural evaporators and functional distillers

Jiulong Wang, Yan Kong, Zhe Liu and Hongqiang Wang

Nano Energy, 2023, 108, 108115
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108115

Multifunctional bacterial cellulose photothermal aerogels with multi-bonded network assisted by carbon nanotube

Dong Zhang, Qianqian Liang, Zhou Zhou, Yuhang Jia, Shiyan Chen and Huaping Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 470, 144436
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.144436

Surface‐Carbonized Bamboos with Multilevel Functional Biostructures Deliver High Photothermal Water Evaporation Performance

Jie Liu, Jiahao Yao, Yang Yuan, Qinglei Liu, Wang Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang and Jiajun Gu

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2020, 4
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202000126

Metal–Organic Framework‐Derived Carbon Materials Loading on Polydopamine‐Modified Polyurethane Foam for Interfacial Solar Steam Generation and Seawater Desalination

Jiabao Chao, Bizhi Lv, Yongqing Zhao, Chengxin Gong, Xuefeng Hong, Yingjie Pan and Linqiong Xu

Energy Tech, 2023, 11
DOI: 10.1002/ente.202201502

Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Material Types, Structural Strategies, and Emerging Applications

Wei Wang, Ziyu Tian, Xi Huan, Yuheng Li, Jiang Fan and Xue Wang

Langmuir, 2025, 41, 24097
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c02382

Reviewing wood-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators for desalination

Youming Dong, Yi Tan, Kaili Wang, Yahui Cai, Jianzhang Li, Christian Sonne and Cheng Li

Water Research, 2022, 223, 119011
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119011

Highly efficient self-floating jellyfish-like solar steam generators based on the partially carbonized Enteromorpha aerogel

Chenjie Wang, Ying Wang, Mingyue Yan, Wenxuan Zhang, Peng Wang, Wei Guan, Shuo Zhang, Liyan Yu, Jianguang Feng, Zhixing Gan and Lifeng Dong

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 630, 297
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.09.133

Solar interfacial evaporation based oil/water separation from emulsion using a wood-melamine/calcium alginate composite structure

Pengfei Wang, Qiongyao Cui, Qin Zeng, Qingfeng Jiang and Qinlong Ren

Solar Energy, 2023, 250, 59
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2022.12.019

Durable, scalable and affordable iron (III) based coconut husk photothermal material for highly efficient solar steam generation

Tien Thanh Pham, Thanh Huyen Nguyen, Thi An Hang Nguyen, Dinh Dat Pham, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Danh Bich Do, Hoai Viet Nguyen, Minh Hiep Ha and Zoom Hoang Nguyen

Desalination, 2021, 518, 115280
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115280

Activated carbon-cement composite coated polyurethane foam as a cost-efficient solar steam generator

Sujith Lal and Sudip K. Batabyal

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 379, 134302
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134302

Efficient-heat-utilization 3D T-shaped porous sponge assists 2D photothermal films to achieve self-acting salt rejection and extra evaporation under high-concentration brine

Qichen Huang, Xuechen Liang, Xinjie Zhang, Chongyuan Yan, Jun Liang, Hao Tang and Yizhen Liu

Desalination, 2021, 499, 114806
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114806

Fabrication and Application of Ag, Black TiO2 and Nitrogen-Doped 3D Reduced Graphene Oxide (3D Black TiO2/Ag/N@rGO) Evaporator for Efficient Steam Generation

Fisseha A. Bezza, Samuel A. Iwarere, Shepherd M. Tichapondwa and Evans M. N. Chirwa

Catalysts, 2023, 13, 514
DOI: 10.3390/catal13030514

A high-efficiency solar desalination biomass material prepared by DBD plasma

Jiabao Sun, Yanbin Xin, Tianyu Sun, Bing Sun and Xinfei Fan

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11, 110411
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110411

Solar-Powered Sustainable Water Production: State-of-the-Art Technologies for Sunlight–Energy–Water Nexus

Zhengtong Li, Xingtao Xu, Xinran Sheng, Peng Lin, Jing Tang, Likun Pan, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Tao Yang and Yusuke Yamauchi

ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 12535
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01590

Janus Biopolymer Sponge with Porous Structure Based on Water Hyacinth Petiole for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Junying Li, Sheng Chen, Cuihuan Li, Mengyao Cao, Jiahui Mu, Haq Nawaz, Zhe Ling and Feng Xu

IJMS, 2022, 23, 9185
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169185

Strategies for breaking theoretical evaporation limitation in direct solar steam generation

Xiaojiang Mu, Yufei Gu, Pengfei Wang, Anyun Wei, Yongzhi Tian, Jianhua Zhou, Yulian Chen, Jiahong Zhang, Zhiqiang Sun, Jing Liu, Lixian Sun, Sakae Tanemura and Lei Miao

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 220, 110842
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110842

Cotton fiber-based composite aerogel derived from waste biomass for high-performance solar-driven interfacial evaporation

Mingyuan Liu, Xinyang He, Jiatai Gu, Zhen Li, Huijie Liu, Wendi Liu, Yue Zhang, Maorong Zheng, Jianyong Yu, Liming Wang and Xiaohong Qin

Industrial Crops and Products, 2024, 211, 118220
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118220

Micro-macro-capillaries fabric-based evaporator for eliminating salt accumulation and highly efficient solar steam generation

Yaping Li, Shengyu Zhang, Zhaopeng Xia, Liang Wang and Jie Fan

Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 308, 122852
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122852

Gradient Vertical Channels within Aerogels Based on N-Doped Graphene Meshes toward Efficient and Salt-Resistant Solar Evaporation

Xiangyu Meng, Jianhui Yang, Seeram Ramakrishna, Yueming Sun and Yunqian Dai

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 4955
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00853

Molybdenum Carbide/Carbon-Based Chitosan Hydrogel as an Effective Solar Water Evaporation Accelerator

Fang Yu, Zihe Chen, Zhenzhen Guo, Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Li Yu, Jingwen Qian, Tao Mei and Xianbao Wang

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 7139
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01499

Hierarchically porous carbonized Pleurotus eryngii based solar steam generator for efficient wastewater purification

Zhaozixuan Zhou, Junyao Gong, Chunhua Zhang, Wenyang Tang, Bangyang Wei, Jiandong Wang, Zhuan Fu, Li Li, Wenbin Li and Liangjun Xia

Renewable Energy, 2023, 216, 118987
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.118987

Salt‐Rejection Solar Absorbers Based on Porous Ionic Polymers Nanowires for Desalination

Fei Wang, Zhentao Hu, Yukang Fan, Wei Bai, Shujuan Wu, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2021, 42
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000536

Migration Crystallization Device Based on Biomass Photothermal Materials for Efficient Salt-Rejection Solar Steam Generation

Jiyan Li, Xu Zhou, Jiayi Zhang, Chao Liu, Fei Wang, Yuting Zhao, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 3024
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00126

Multifunctional sponges with flexible motion sensing and outstanding thermal insulation for superior electromagnetic interference shielding

Chaobo Liang, Yuxuan Liu, Yifeng Ruan, Hua Qiu, Ping Song, Jie Kong, Haobin Zhang and Junwei Gu

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2020, 139, 106143
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106143

In situ generation of carbonized polyaniline nanowires on thermally-treated and electrochemically-etched carbon fiber cloth for high efficient solar seawater desalination

Kai Wang, Bingbing Huo, Fang Liu, Yiwei Zheng, Minghao Zhang, Liang Cui and Jingquan Liu

Desalination, 2020, 481, 114303
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2019.114303

Solar vapor generator: A natural all-in-one 3D system derived from cattail

Chaofan Zhang, Baohua Yuan, Ying Liang, Lixia Yang, Liangjiu Bai, Huawei Yang, Donglei Wei, Wenxiang Wang and Hou Chen

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 227, 111127
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111127

Applications of bio-derived/bio-inspired materials in the field of interfacial solar steam generation

Yang Geng, Kai Jiao, Xu Liu, Peijin Ying, Omololu Odunmbaku, Yaoxin Zhang, Swee Ching Tan, Ling Li, Wei Zhang and Meng Li

Nano Res., 2022, 15, 3122
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3834-9

Evaporation efficiency monitoring device based on biomass photothermal material for salt-resistant solar-driven interfacial evaporation

Jiyan Li, Xu Zhou, Guibiao Chen, Fei Wang, Jialong Mao, Yong Long, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 222, 110941
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110941

Embedded solar-powered hydrogel evaporator for enhancing uranium extraction from seawater

Zhenglin Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Feng Liu, Huibo Shao, Ya’nan Yang, Liru Wang, Zifeng Jin, Dan Li, Xiaojun He and Nan Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 505, 159063
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.159063

A 3D-macroporous pomelo peel foam based on anti-shrinkage properties of MnOx for solar water purification

Penghui Ye, Kai Chen, Yurong Yin, Yao Cheng, Yuanyue Wu, Mibin Lin and Kaijun Xiao

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10, 106890
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106890

Salt-resistant solar still based on hollow sphere porous ionic polymers for desalination

Fei Wang, Nan Lu, Shuo Wang, Dongyuan Wei, Yanning Su, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang and An Li

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2021, 314, 110871
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110871

Materials and structures engineering of sun-light absorbers for efficient direct solar steam generation

Sogol Karami, Farzaneh Arabpour Roghabadi, Mahmoud Maleki, Vahid Ahmadi and Seyed Mojtaba Sadrameli

Solar Energy, 2021, 225, 747
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.07.046

Carbon materials for solar steam-generation

Masahiro Toyoda and Michio Inagaki

Carbon, 2023, 214, 118373
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118373

Superhydrophilic and mechanically robust phenolic resin as double layered photothermal materials for efficient solar steam generation

Fang Liu, Weidong Liang, Chengjun Wang, Chaohu Xiao, Jingxian He, Guohu Zhao, Zhaoqi Zhu, Hanxue Sun and An Li

Materials Today Energy, 2020, 16, 100375
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2019.100375

A novel nanoplastic removal method based on solar interface evaporation technology

Zhen Zhang, Wenting Si, Wenyu Li and Hongyan Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496, 154290
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.154290

Synergy of photothermal effect in integrated 0D Ti2O3 nanoparticles/1D carboxylated carbon nanotubes for multifunctional water purification

Weixin Li, Wanqi Feng, Shixun Wu, Wei Wang and Dan Yu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 292, 120989
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120989

From material design to functional implementation: Performance enhancement mechanisms and application advances in photothermal phase change materials

Tian Zhou, Chicheng He, Yaowen Cao, Jiaying Da, Zhenghua Rao, Lei Shi and Hongwei Li

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2026, 226, 116396
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2025.116396

Hierarchical Porous Aluminophosphate-Treated Wood for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation

Tingjie Chen, Zhenzeng Wu, Zhiyong Liu, John Tosin Aladejana, Xiaodong (Alice) Wang, Min Niu, Qihua Wei and Yongqun Xie

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 19511
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c01815

A low-cost lotus leaf-based carbon film for solar-driven steam generation

Ming-xi Guo, Jing-bin Wu, Feng-hai Li, Qian-qian Guo, Hong-li Fan and Hui-min Zhao

New Carbon Materials, 2020, 35, 436
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(20)60501-7

Waste semi-coke/polydopamine based self-floating solar evaporator for water purification

Linjiang Zhang, Xiaohui Xu, Jie Feng, Bo Bai, Na Hu and Honglun Wang

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 230, 111237
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111237

Sugarcane inspired polydopamine @ attapulgite-based aerogels with vertical pore structure for solar-driven steam generation

Xin Zhang, Shujing Zhao, Bianying Wen and Zhiqiang Su

Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 321, 124188
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124188

Three-dimensional self-floating foam composite impregnated with porous carbon and polyaniline for solar steam generation

Kai Wang, Zhongfa Cheng, Pengfei Li, Yiwei Zheng, Zhen Liu, Liang Cui, Jiangtao Xu and Jingquan Liu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 581, 504
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.136

Water desalination using nanocelluloses/cellulose derivatives based membranes for sustainable future

Ashvinder K. Rana, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Adesh K. Saini, Stefan Ioan Voicu, Magda H. Abdellattifaand and Vijay Kumar Thakur

Desalination, 2021, 520, 115359
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115359

From Materials to Devices: Rationally Designing Solar Steam System for Advanced Applications

Zhongming Huang, Ying Liu, Shengliang Li, Chun‐Sing Lee and Xiao‐Hong Zhang

Small Methods, 2022, 6
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202200835