Recent advances and challenges for bionic solar water evaporation

Ziheng Zhan, Yan Su, Mingzhu Xie, Yinfeng Li, Yong Shuai and Zhaolong Wang

Materials Today, 2024, 80, 529
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Bamboo shoot inspired ultra-high conical porous evaporator for desalination of seawater with high salinity

Mingzhu Xie, Zicheng Qian, Jiyuan Yu, Xiaolong Wang, Yinfeng Li, Ziheng Zhan, Xiaowei Wang, Yong Shuai, Huaduo Gu and Zhaolong Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 518, 164253
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Biochar‑based hydrogel evaporator with vertically arranged channels for efficient solar steam generation, desalination and water purification

Honghai Wan, Xinxi Fu, Yonghua Chen, Lizhen Zhao, Tingting Wang and Yuancen Liu

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 359, 130795
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Janus-structured MXene-PA/MS with an ultrathin intermediate layer for high-salinity water desalination and wastewater purification

Peilei Zhou, Kaijie Yang, Li Liu, Qianqian Liu, Naizhong Zhang and Jia Xu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 682, 795
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Biomimetic porous ceramics with stomata-inspired architecture for high-efficiency and durable solar steam generation

Kai Xu, Chusheng Chen and Shuang Yuan

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167471
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Mimicked Trees for Spatial Microfluidic Solar Evaporation

Zhaolong Wang, Yafeng Gao, Yingying Li, Yinfeng Li, Xiaolong Wang, Ciwei Wu, Meiyang Hu, Xiaowei Wang and Yong Shuai

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 26784
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Integrating Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling into The Evaporation‐Condensation System Enhances Thermal Convection for Sustainable Evaporation and Condensation in Closed Boundary

Jun Guo, Jun Hou, Yanrui Wan, Zijun Yang, Tingting Lu, Yang Li, Yujiao Zhu, Jialin Yang, Wei Ding and Yi Xu

Adv Funct Materials, 2025
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Tree-Inspired Structurally Graded Aerogel with Synergistic Water, Salt, and Thermal Transport for High-Salinity Solar-Powered Evaporation

Xiaomeng Zhao, Heng Zhang, Kit-Ying Chan, Xinyue Huang, Yunfei Yang and Xi Shen

Nano-Micro Lett., 2024, 16
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3D printed-assisted fabrication of embedded porous solar evaporators for efficient photothermal evaporation

Zhu-Long Yu, Lei Xu, Cai-Hua Liu, Wen-Bo Guo, Ming-Lai Fu and Baoling Yuan

Desalination, 2025, 615, 119252
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Large-area, low-cost, highly durable solar evaporators for sustainable solarizing seawater

Xinping Zhao, Ziman Wang, Jie Li, Haiyang Wang, Shijie Xing, Zhi-yong Ji and Panpan Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 494, 153079
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Janus-structured lignin hydrogel evaporator via laser direct writing for high efficiency seawater desalination and solar power generation

Yuhan Liu, Zhongwei Zhang, Jiangang Wang, Chen Hu, Jiaxin Tang, Meng Shi, Hongyou Cui and Dongfeng Qi

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 513, 162853
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Floating Photothermal Hydrogen Production

Jian Xu, Heng Zhao, Xinti Yu, Haiyan Zou, Jinguang Hu and Zhangxing Chen

ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Ultra‐Durable Solar‐Driven Seawater Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Zhaolong Wang, Ciwei Wu, Xiaolong Wang, Mingzhu Xie, Yinfeng Li, Ziheng Zhan and Yong Shuai

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Recent development and improvements of cotton fabric-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators: A review

Yuqing Wang, Yuhao Liao, Ping Wang, Yan Zhang and Yuanyuan Li

Desalination, 2025, 607, 118795
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Additive manufacturing of bionic interfaces: From conceptual understanding to renewable energy applications

Xuliang Chen, Annan Chen, Lei Zhang, Hanyang Yu, Zhengyi Mao, Yuhan Chen, Jialun Gu, Chunze Yan and Jian Lu

Advanced Bionics, 2025, 1, 57
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Salt-resistant, self-healing Janus polypyrrole melamine foam for oil/water separation and solar-driven desalination

Bin Zhan, Kaiteng Zhang, Zhibiao Chen, Wenting Zhou, Xinlin Li, Maryam Aliabadi, Stegmaier Thomas, Urszula Stachewicz and Yan Liu

Desalination, 2025, 605, 118708
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Mimicked microfluidic Janus evaporator for dual functions of solar evaporation and fog collection

Zhaolong Wang, Ciwei Wu, Yinfeng Li, Ziheng Zhan, Mingzhu Xie, Hui Kong and Yong Shuai

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024, 222, 125183
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Photocuring technology strengthens thermal localization of interfacial solar-driven evaporator

Jialiang Ma, Juan Du, Hui Zhang, Shikuo Li, Yu Jiang and Fangzhi Huang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 509, 161235
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Hierarchically aligned reduced graphene oxide/MXene foam enabling Marangoni-driven salt-resistant desalination via bidirectional ion reflux

Haimin Yang, Wei Li, Yanni Gao, Guangtao Zhong, Hongqi Wang and Yongqin Han

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 700, 138617
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A dual-biomimetic evaporator with Marangoni-induced ultra-salt-resistance for long-durable solar desalination

Zhaolong Wang, Jiyuan Yu, Meiyang Hu, Ciwei Wu, Shuo Yang, Qihui Xie and Yong Shuai

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 518, 164531
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Directional Liquid Transport Mechanisms on Superwetting Interfaces and their Applications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Guancen Xin, Lin Wang, Zhongwei Wang, Shibin Li, Bing Liu and Rui Ma

Adv Materials Technologies, 2025
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3D printed degradable hydrogel evaporator for high-efficiency, environmental-friendly solar alkaline-water evaporation

Meiyang Hu, Ciwei Wu, Qihui Xie, Jiyuan Yu, Yanming Guo, Yong Shuai, Xiaowei Wang and Zhaolong Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 499, 156132
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A novel rGO-Fe3O4-mixed cellulose ester membrane for solar evaporation and seawater desalination

Cheng Xue, Cong Qi, Wenzhu Li and Jia Lian

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2025, 290, 113708
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Duckweeds mimicked self-clean Janus solar evaporator

Ziheng Zhan, Zhen Liu, Ciwei Wu, Yinfeng Li, Mingzhu Xie, Qing Li and Zhaolong Wang

Materials Today Physics, 2024, 43, 101394
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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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