Carrot-inspired solar thermal evaporator

Long, Yaojia; Huang, Shaolong; Yi, Huan; Chen, Jiaqi; Wu, Jiahao; Liao, Qiufan; Liang, Huawei; Cui, Hongzhi; Ruan, Shuangchen; Zeng, Yu‐Jia

doi:10.1039/c9ta08754k

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“…The surface temperature of SHCSC under different light intensities is shown in Figure S4, Supporting Information. The evaporation rate of SHCSC is remarkably superior to those of high‐temperature carbonized biomass materials under 1 sun (Table S4, Supporting Information) [16d,17,18,23,25] . The surface temperature of SHCSC was measured by an IR camera.…”

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“…The results showed that the concentrations of Na + , Mg 2+ , K + , and Ca 2+ after desalination were only 0.6094, 0.0236, 0.2099, and 0.2785 mg L −1 (less than the World Health Organization [WHO] drinking water standards of 50, 100, 10, and 100 mg L −1 ), respectively. [ 18 ] The ion reduced ratio is above 99.9% (Table S2, Supporting Information).…”

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“…They used freeze drying method to maintain the channels of natural carrot, and then carbonization at high temperature, which achieves a high evaporation rate of 2.04 kg m −2 h −1 under 1 sun illumination. [ 18 ] Most biomass is carbonized at high temperature, which needs protective gas and consumes a lot of energy, and it is necessary to find a low energy consumption, high‐efficiency carbonization method. In addition, a few studies have focused on the performance of evaporators under the rigorous conditions, such as strong acid/alkali and various high‐concentration wastewaters.…”

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

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Solar steam generation is an environmentally friendly water treatment method that produces clean water using solar energy. However, it is still a challenge to effectively prevent the performance deterioration when most photothermal conversion materials are used to evaporate high‐concentration salt‐containing wastewater or strong acid/alkali solution. Herein, a stable and effective solar evaporator is designed using natural sugarcane, where sucrose is simply dehydrated into carbon particles by hydrothermal reaction in sulfuric acid. With a honeycomb structure, it not only enables water transport capacity but also promotes sunlight absorption. Sulfuric acid hydrothermal carbonized sugarcane (SHCSC) can reach up to 95.36% solar absorption in a wide wavelength range (200–2500 nm) and a high evaporation rate of 2.32 kg m−2 h−1 under 1 sun illumination. More importantly, SHCSC has an excellent adsorption capacity with ion removal rate of 99.9% even under artificial wastewater containing 1000 mg L−1 of mixed metal ions. SHCSC also can perform efficiently and stably at a high evaporation rate above 2.2 kg m−2 h−1 in strong acidic or alkaline wastewater. These findings suggest that SHCSC can be potentially applied to the efficient harvest of clean water from the high‐concentration wastewater containing acid, alkali, and mixed metal ions.

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“…[ 11 ] A low‐cost carbonized carrot solar evaporator can achieve an apparent evaporation rate of 2.04 kg m −2 h −1 under 1.0 sun due to the sufficient water transportation enabled by the inherent structure. [ 12 ] Apart from taking advantage of the intrinsic structure of biomass, elaborate architecture design of biomass is a promising path to promote solar evaporation. Arched bamboo charcoal was investigated to be endowed with broadband light absorption, high evaporation efficiency of 84% under 1 sun radiation, as well as superb stability under various ambient conditions.…”

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Turning Trash into Treasure: Pencil Waste–Derived Materials for Solar‐Powered Water Evaporation

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Solar steam generation is regarded as one of the most attractive technologies to relieve the stress of freshwater storage. Low cost and scalable production of solar evaporators is a critical issue to be considered for practical applications. Herein, the recycling utilization of pencil wastes is proposed by a facile method. A self‐floating solar evaporator made of carbonized pencil wastes can achieve an evaporation rate of 1.2 kg m−2 h−1 and a light‐to‐vapor energy conversion efficiency of 82.2% under 1.0 sun. Meanwhile, the evaporator exhibits a self‐desalting property overnight due to its superior hydrophilicity. Furthermore, the evaporator manifests significantly effective solar evaporation performance in brine, organic dye solutions, as well as other harsh conditions. Considering the wide range of raw sources, low cost, scalable preparation, and effective solar evaporation performance, the all wood waste–based solar steam generator provides an inspiration for the recycling utilization of wood wastes and the promising development of environmentally friendly biomass‐based solar evaporators.

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“…35,36 Recently, the carbonization of varieties of plants and related products has been utilized to design SVGs. [37][38][39][40][41] The unique structure of the plant stem works as channels for conducting water in these SVGs. But, the carbonization of plants required high-temperature annealing under a controlled environment.…”

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Carrot-inspired solar thermal evaporator

Abstract: A carrot-inspired solar thermal evaporator exhibits a water evaporation rate of 2.04 kg m−2 h−1 and an outstanding durability and stability.

Cited by 117 publications

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

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

Turning Trash into Treasure: Pencil Waste–Derived Materials for Solar‐Powered Water Evaporation

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

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