Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment

Ibrahim, Idris; Seo, Dong Han; McDonagh, Andrew M.; Shon, Ho Kyong; Tijing, Leonard D.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2020.114853

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“…Since then, the research on SSG reached a climax, scientists reviewed SSG from the design and thermal management of solar evaporation systems to the dimensions, selection structural design, and light‐absorbing layer of PMs, and published dozens of articles. [ 16–31 ] Finally, Zhu's group [ 32 ] exhibited the structural designs of interfacial solar vapor generators to improve the energy transfer efficiency and evaporation rate. Mi and his colleagues [ 33 ] also present the latest strategies in reducing salt accumulation on the evaporator for solar desalination and brine treatment.…”

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

Wang

Bai

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Solar steam generation (SSG) has emerged as a promising technology to utilize solar energy for desalination. As the key part of the SSG system, photothermal materials (PMs) play a critical role due to their unique solar‐driven interface evaporation pattern. Herein, the research progress of PMs based on natural products and synthetic polymers in recent years is reviewed. The major emphasis lies on the preparation method, the structure, and the solar energy conversion efficiency of such PMs. Further understanding of the structure–performance relationship of these materials may supply useful guidance for design and fabrication of high‐performance PMs, which is of great importance for the promotion of practical application of SSG.

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

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Bai

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“…With the emergence of photothermal effects as the strong development potential in environmental and energy catalysis, many efforts have been focused on nanostructured photothermal materials. Up to now, nanomaterials focusing on the application of photothermal effects of plasmonic structures [24], photothermal catalytic hydrogenation reactions [25,26], photothermal catalytic CO 2 reduction [21,27,28], and photothermal seawater evaporation [29,30] have been separately reviewed. However, these reviews provide only a one-sided overview of photothermal nanomaterials.…”

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Nanostructured Photothermal Materials for Environmental and Catalytic Applications

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Solar energy is a green and sustainable clean energy source. Its rational use can alleviate the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Directly converting solar energy into heat energy is the most efficient method among all solar conversion strategies. Recently, various environmental and energy applications based on nanostructured photothermal materials stimulated the re-examination of the interfacial solar energy conversion process. The design of photothermal nanomaterials is demonstrated to be critical to promote the solar-to-heat energy conversion and the following physical and chemical processes. This review introduces the latest photothermal nanomaterials and their nanostructure modulation strategies for environmental (seawater evaporation) and catalytic (C1 conversion) applications. We present the research progress of photothermal seawater evaporation based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional porous materials. Then, we describe the progress of photothermal catalysis based on layered double hydroxide derived nanostructures, hydroxylated indium oxide nanostructures, and metal plasmonic nanostructures. Finally, we present our insights concerning the future development of this field.

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“…As a key component of the SSG system, photothermal materials have been intensively studied and various materials have been developed in recent years, including inorganic photothermal materials, such as, metal plasmonic nanoparticles, [ 8,9 ] carbon‐based materials, [ 10–12 ] semiconductor materials, [ 13–15 ] etc. And organic photothermal materials, e.g., organic polymer materials [ 16–18 ] and natural materials.…”

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

Wang

Niu

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Solar steam generation (SSG) offers a clean and sustainable way to produce freshwater from seawater or polluted water by harvesting solar energy. However, it remains a great challenge to integrate all the desired functions in a single evaporation system by using low‐cost materials and simple methods. Herein, we report the design and fabrication of a novel inorganic solar steam evaporator (PPy‐HGMAM) through binding the building block of hollow glass microspheres (HGM) and pore‐forming material of melamine sponge (MS) with interconnection network structure by aluminum dihydrogen phosphate adhesive followed by coating of polypyrrole (PPy) as light absorption layer for efficient SSG. With the merits of high porosity, low thermal conductivity both in the wet (0.107 W m−1 k−1) and dry (0.056 W m−1 k−1) states, super‐hydrophilicity, and strong light absorption (92%), the as‐prepared porous PPy‐HGMAM shows high energy conversion efficiency (92.9%) and evaporation rate (1.56 kg m−2 h−1) under 1 sun (1 kW m−2) illumination, as well as excellent salt‐resistance performance. Combined with its high mechanical strength, self‐floating ability, environment‐friendly, and low cost, along with simple and scalable preparation method, our inorganic PPy‐HGMAM evaporator may hold the great potential for practical large‐scale application in SSG.

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Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment

Cited by 255 publications

References 136 publications

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

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

Nanostructured Photothermal Materials for Environmental and Catalytic Applications

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

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