A self-regenerating 3D sponge evaporator with a tunable porous structure for efficient solar desalination

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Oak-inspired anti-biofouling shape-memory unidirectional scaffolds with stable solar water evaporation performance

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MXene gel solar thermal evaporator: a novel pathway for seawater desalination

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A fiber-shaped sensor constructed by coaxial wet-spinning for dual-mode sensing

Duixin Ma, Huayang Fang, Jianping Sun and Tao Jiang

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MXene-based composites against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: current trends and future perspectives

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Recent advance in the construction of 3D porous structure Ti3C2Tx MXene and their multi-functional applications

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Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 968, 172219
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Nano Copper Sulfide-Doped nanofiber surface on polylactic acid substrate for advanced photothermal membrane distillation

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Durable Antibacterial Photothermal Membrane Using Melanin-Inspired Cu-Doped Polynorepinephrine for Water Remediation

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A review on recent advances towards sustainable development of bio-inspired agri-waste based cellulose aerogels

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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, 248, 125928
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Creating aligned porous structure with cobweb-like cellulose nanofibrils in MXene composite aerogel for solar-thermal desalination and humidity response

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 459, 141604
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MXenes—An Emerging Class of 2D Materials for Solar Water Desalination: Feasibility and Recent Advances

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

Solar RRL, 2022, 6
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MXene/polypyrrole coated melamine-foam for efficient interfacial evaporation and photodegradation

Xiaotong Mu, Lihua Chen, Nannan Qu, Jiale Yu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Chaohu Xiao, Xingping Luo and Qimeige Hasi

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 636, 291
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Encapsulating phase change materials into melamine formaldehyde sponge assembled with polypyrrole modified halloysite nanotube for effective solar-thermal energy storage and solar-thermal-electric conversion

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 682, 423
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Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene’s intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination

Baoping Zhang, Pak Wai Wong, Jiaxin Guo, Yongsen Zhou, Yang Wang, Jiawei Sun, Mengnan Jiang, Zuankai Wang and Alicia Kyoungjin An

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Recent advances in the synthesis and regulation of 3D metal carbide-based hybrid architectures for water environmental remediation and monitoring

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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10, 108994
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Avian Bone‐Inspired Super Fatigue Resistant MXene‐Based Aerogels with Human‐Like Tactile Perception for Multilevel Information Encryption Assisted by Machine Learning

Jiafei Ren, Xing Huang, Ruolin Han, Guangxin Chen, Qifang Li and Zheng Zhou

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Integrating and anisotropic MXene/reduced graphene oxide/PEDOT:PSS hybrid aerogel for active/passive thermal protection and stepwise thermal warning

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496, 153536
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Fabrication, Performance, and Potential Applications of MXene Composite Aerogels

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Multifunctional hydrophilic MXene/Gelatin composite aerogel with vertically aligned channels for efficient sustainable solar water evaporation and Oil/Water separation

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A review of membrane distillation enhancement via thermal management and molecular transport through nanomaterial-based membranes

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Enhanced scaling resistance of superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane for localized solar-heating distillation

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Self-polymerized hydrogel for efficient solar-driven desalination, antibacterial properties and water purification

Xiaoyan He, Runze Cao, Jing Li, Zhilan Wang, Yanling Liang, Penggai Ma, Shuo Ma, Xin Tian, Yuanyuan Lu, Zhiqiang Wang and Xiaoquan Lu

Desalination, 2025, 604, 118689
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Marine-bioinspired interface: Ionically crosslinked alginate/MXene@Fe3O4/TPU composite film for EMI shielding, infrared stealth, and thermal management

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A CNC-PVA aerogel enhanced with MXene deposit and MWCNTs-COOH for highly efficient solar desalination

Jie Chen, Chunyan Hu, Zhijia Zhu, Jian Zheng and Baojiang Liu

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 119980
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Facile construction of a super hydrophilic and highly porous Ti3C2T /alginate aerogel solar evaporator for water evaporation and purification

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Interfacial Heating in Membrane Distillation: Advances, Optimization Strategies, and Industrial Applications for Desalination

Jiahui Hu, Guangyu Zhu, Avner Ronen, David Jassby, Qilin Li, Peng Wang, Wenbin Wang and Wen Zhang

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 10750
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Membrane distillation localized heating in high-salinity wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, performance and challenges

Yuxuan Wan, Huarong Yu, Ruixiang Li, Haiqing Chang, Dan Qu and Fangshu Qu

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2025, 215, 108086
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Enhanced permeability and anti-wetting performance in solar-driven membrane distillation: Double-play of light-heat management and steric hindrance effect

Anqi Wang, Wei Chen, Xiaomeng Lan and Mingmei Ding

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 697, 122543
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Nb2CTx MXene/Delignified Wood–Supported Phase-Change Composites with Desirable Photothermal Conversion Efficiency and Enhanced Flame Retardancy for Solar–Thermal Energy Storage

Yuhong Tang, Ziqiang Cheng, Hao Yue, Xinyuan Wang, Haibo Wang, Zongliang Du, Xu Cheng, Rui Dai, Xiaosheng Du and Dongdong Wu

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2024, 7, 2178
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Unveiling the water molecule diffusion in graphene aerogels: A molecular dynamics study with statistical analysis for advancing membrane distillation

Honglin Liu, Zifeng Wang, Xuzheng Tian, Karl I. Jacob and Youjiang Wang

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025, 433, 127891
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Bio-inspired chemistry for developing micro/nano structured nanofiber membranes for membrane distillation

Yan Guo, Qidi Wu, Hongyun Liu, Yumei Xian, Xun Zhou, Ying Wu, Peiqing Zhang and Zhenyu Li

Journal of Membrane Science, 2025, 713, 123395
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Recent Advances in MXene-Based Nanocomposites for Wastewater Purification and Water Treatment: A Review

Zahra Pouramini, Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Aziz Babapoor, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Nelson Pynadathu Rumjit, Shivani Garg, Shakeel Ahmed and Wei-Hung Chiang

Water, 2023, 15, 1267
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All-in-one MXene/PDA@MF-EF solar steam generator with semi-clad construction for efficient interfacial evaporation, water purification and desalination

Xiaotong Mu, Wenbo Han, Hongpeng Zhang, Rui Li, Chenzhao Bai, Wei Li, Yucai Xie and Yu Liu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 361, 131344
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Directional salt crystallization system for high-efficiency solar-driven evaporation to achieve zero-liquid discharge

Yangming Liu, Qing Li, Yunqi Li, Haixiang Feng and Renzhong Deng

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 354, 129412
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Designing a multi-stage MoS2 fiber membrane for photothermal membrane distillation

Jingge Ju, Yanfei Chen, Yuting Huang, Yan Zhang, Bowen Cheng and Weimin Kang

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 690, 122237
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Halfa grass assembled double-layered hydrogel evaporator for sunlight-driven steam generation and selective uranium extraction

Bikash Kumar Sahu, Bibek Chaw Pattnayak and Sasmita Mohapatra

Desalination, 2024, 581, 117611
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Interfacial Assembled Hydrogel Evaporator for Highly Efficient Thermal Management and Photothermal Coupled Water Splitting Reaction

Wenjie Li, Jinghan Li, Lingling Ding, Xinyi Zhu, Ruixue Sun and Kun Chang

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Low vaporization enthalpy of modified chitosan hydrogel for high performance solar evaporator

Patsaya Anukunwithaya, Nanxue Liu, Siqi Liu, Eknarin Thanayupong, Lili Zhou, Nuttaporn Pimpha, Jiakang Min, Wannee Chinsirikul, Warintorn Thitsartarn, J. Justin Koh and Chaobin He

Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024, 340, 122304
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MXene-based materials for enhanced water quality: Advances in remediation strategies

Ali Mohammad Amani, Milad Abbasi, Atena Najdian, Farzaneh Mohamadpour, Seyed Reza Kasaee, Hesam Kamyab, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Mostafa Shafiee, Lobat Tayebi, Ahmad Vaez, Atefeh Najafian, Ehsan Vafa and Sareh Mosleh-Shirazi

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2025, 291, 117817
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Multiscale mechanically–electromagnetically coupled aerogels for tunable electromagnetic wave absorption

Shuo Zhang, Feiyue Hu, Peng Zeng, Peiying Hu, Peigen Zhang, Jin Wang, Jian Liu, Wei Zheng, Qiuhua Zhang, Longzhu Cai and ZhengMing Sun

Composites Part B: Engineering, 2026, 315, 113518
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Cancer therapy by MXene-based Nanosystems: An Explicative review

Shankhadip Nandi, Dipanjan Karati and Swarupananda Mukherjee

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024, 170, 113214
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Recent progress of solar-driven interfacial evaporation based on salt-resistant and oil-repellent materials

Chaohu Xiao, Min Yin, Huan Zeng, Qi-Meige Hasi, Yuhan Zhang, Shujing Zhao, Lihua Chen and An Li

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 508, 161009
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Progress in MXene-based photothermal materials for solar-driven water evaporation and desalination

Cuilian Wen, Xiong Li, Siqing Yan, Jiansen Wen, Rongtao Zheng, Xinyi Wang, Haonan Zhao, Jian Zhou, Baisheng Sa and Zhimei Sun

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 510, 161873
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Construction of Electrospinning Janus Nanofiber Membranes for Efficient Solar-Driven Membrane Distillation

Jingge Ju, Yuting Huang, Mengyao Liu, Yiran Fan, Nan Xie, Yixia Zhao and Weimin Kang

SSRN Journal, 2022
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Dual-structured PTFE/PI-PI/PANI composite membranes for photothermal membrane distillation with excellent photothermal conversion and open pathways for water vapor transport

Yanfei Chen, Jingge Ju, Yan Zhang, Yajun Zhou, Yongcheng Wang and Weimin Kang

Desalination, 2024, 575, 117320
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Functionalized carbon 1D/2D nanomaterials for effective water desalination: Synthesis, applications and cost issues. An overview

Umar Noor, Muhammad Fayyaz Farid, Ammara Sharif, Amna Saleem, Zubair Nabi, Muhammad Furqan Mughal, Kiran Abbas and Toheed Ahmed

Desalination, 2024, 571, 117086
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Photothermal-enhanced adsorption system based on ZIF-67-derived CoS2/MoS2 and MXene-functionalized biomass carbon aerogel for efficient removal of strontium and cesium from aqueous matrices

Na Yang, Xu Guo, Jing Yu, Hongsen Zhang, Rumin Li, Lele Wang, Qi Liu and Jun Wang

Desalination, 2026, 623, 119791
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The rise of MXenes: Synthesis, properties, and fabrication of advanced membranes

Imtiaz Afzal Khan, Lukka Thuyavan Yogarathinam, Hassan Younas, Azeem Mushtaq, Isam H. Aljundi and Nadeem Baig

Desalination, 2026, 620, 119598
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Simultaneous improvement of wetting resistance and permeability in membrane distillation using MXene-foam coating layer with heterostructural channels

Anqi Wang, Wei Chen, Xiaomeng Lan and Mingmei Ding

Desalination, 2023, 566, 116885
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Designing self-cleaning & flexible multifunctional wearable heater

Ling Li, Zixuan Ding, Shanshan Lian, Songjie Liao, Panpan Qiu, Shu Chen, Lili Geng, Pao Li and Chang Peng

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 52, 104831
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Superior stable, hydrophobic and multifunctional nanocellulose hybrid aerogel via rapid UV induced in-situ polymerization

Meiling Zhang, Shuai Jiang, Mengmeng Li, Ni Wang, Lifang Liu, Liying Liu and Aixiong Ge

Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022, 288, 119370
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Photothermal Assisted Interfacial Cleaning with Semiconductor‐Based Sorbents: Recent Advances and Future Outlook for Effective Oil Spill Remediation

Linrong Huang, Jo‐Ey Liow, Kok‐Loong Lim, Kar Woon Tan, Xuan Liang, Poi Sim Khiew, Wee Siong Chiu and Choon‐Yian Haw

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2024, 8
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Recent advance in utilization of advanced composite photothermal materials for water disinfection: Synthesis, mechanism, and application

Ruiting Ni, Kwame Nana Opoku, Xingrong Li, Yarao Gao, Yanyun Wang and Fu Yang

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36, 110813
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Highly efficient photothermal gel cotton fabricated with MXene and liquid metal particles for solar-driven seawater evaporation and permeable energy generation

Jiayan Zhang, Kang Yang, Bowen Zhang, Jie Wang, Xinping Yu, Xinyuan Lu, Xin Lei and Ruochen Fang

Desalination, 2024, 592, 118173
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Thermally Conductive MXene

Moein Safarkhani, Bahareh Farasati Far, YunSuk Huh and Navid Rabiee

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2023, 9, 6516
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Preparation of a PVA/CNF/ETOS Elastic Aerogel by Directional Freezing and Its Application in Oil–Water Separation

Boyuan Chen, Hui Zhang, Lijuan Li and Yingcheng Hu

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2023, 5, 3554
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Construction of electrospinning Janus nanofiber membranes for efficient solar-driven membrane distillation

Jingge Ju, Yuting Huang, Mengyao Liu, Nan Xie, Jiali Shi, Yiran Fan, Yixia Zhao and Weimin Kang

Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 305, 122348
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Highly efficient MoS2/MXene aerogel for interfacial solar steam generation and wastewater treatment

Zeyu Yang, Na Wei, Na Xue, Ruiqi Xu, Enquan Yang, Fengshuang Wang, Huiling Zhu and Hongzhi Cui

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 656, 189
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Emergent MXene evaporators in high-efficiency solar steam generation

Satheesh kumar Balu, Ruimin Xing and Shanhu Liu

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024, 40, e00941
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Self-surface heating membrane distillation for sustainable production of freshwater: A state of the art overview

T.M. Subrahmanya, Hannah Faye M. Austria, Yi-Yun Chen, Owen Setiawan, Januar Widakdo, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Wei-Song Hung, Chien-Chieh Hu, Kueir-Rarn Lee and Juin-Yih Lai

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Recent Advances in MXene‐Based Aerogels: Fabrication, Performance and Application

Chunxiang Wei, Quangang Zhang, Zhen Wang, Wenjie Yang, Hongdian Lu, Zehuan Huang, Wei Yang and Jixin Zhu

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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