Multifunctional composite membranes for interfacial solar steam and electricity generation

The Application of Textile Materials in the Interfacial Solar Steam Generation for Water Purification and Desalination: A Review

“…When exposed to sunlight, the photothermal materials absorb the photons and convert their energy into thermal energy [47]. However, in order to enhance the effectiveness of interfacial evaporation, inorganic and organic absorbers photothermal materials, such semiconductor nanomaterials [8,51,55], plasmonic nanoparticles [56], metallic nanoparticles [57], Mxene [58], carbon derivatives [50] such as carbon black [17,29,30,41,53], activated carbon [48], carbon nanotubes [37], carbon fibers [59] and grapheme oxide [22] have been suggested as potential mediums for converting sunlight into heat, most of these absorbers have been coupled with floating structures of ISSG devices. However, among these materials, carbon-based materials exhibit favorable photo-stability across a broad spectrum of wavelengths ranging from 200 to 2500 nm.…”

“…However, the global subject of freshwater scarcity has been identified as a significant issue [17]. The scarcity of easily accessible drinking water is increasingly posing a significant issue for the advancement and sustainability of functional civilizations [18] due to the climate change [3,19], socio-economic [20,21], rapid growth of urbanization [22] and industrialization [6,[23][24][25] agriculture and animal husbandry 2 [26,27], expansion of the population [28,29] and the escalating levels of water pollution [30,31]. Providing clean drinking water globally is widely recognized as a fundamental requirement for promoting optimal human health.…”

The Application of Textile Materials in Interfacial Solar Steam Generation for Water Purification and Desalination

“…However, the subject of global freshwater scarcity has been identified as a significant issue [ 17 ]. The scarcity of easily accessible drinking water is increasingly posing a significant issue for the advancement and sustainability of functional civilizations [ 18 ] due to climate change [ 3 , 19 ], socio-economic issues [ 20 , 21 ], the rapid growth of urbanization [ 22 ], industrialization [ 6 , 23 , 24 , 25 ], agriculture and animal husbandry [ 26 , 27 ], the expansion of the population [ 28 , 29 ], and escalating levels of water pollution [ 30 , 31 ]. Providing clean drinking water globally is widely recognized as a fundamental requirement for promoting optimal human health.…”

“…When exposed to sunlight, the photothermal materials absorb photons and convert them into thermal energy [ 47 ]. In order to enhance the effectiveness of interfacial evaporation, inorganic and organic absorbers and photothermal materials, such semiconductor nanomaterials [ 8 , 51 , 55 ], plasmonic nanoparticles [ 56 ], metallic nanoparticles [ 57 ], Mxene [ 58 ], carbon derivatives [ 50 ] such as carbon black [ 17 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 53 ], activated carbon [ 48 ], carbon nanotubes [ 37 ], carbon fibers [ 59 ], and grapheme oxide [ 22 ], have been suggested as potential candidates for converting sunlight into heat; in fact, most of these absorbers have been coupled with floating structures of ISSG devices. Among these materials, carbon-based materials exhibit favorable photo stability across a broad spectrum of wavelengths, ranging from 200 to 2500 nm.…”