Interfacial solar evaporation for water production: from structure design to reliable performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu Bai ◽  
Tianhong Zhao ◽  
Moyuan Cao
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Efficient Strategy ◽  
Reliable Performance ◽  
Promising Application

Interfacial solar evaporation has emerged as a convenient and efficient strategy for harvesting solar energy, and shows promising application in the fields of water purification, desalination, and atmospheric water harvesting.

INTERFACES BETWEEN ATMOSPHERIC WATER HARVESTING AND SOLAR ENERGY: EVIDENCES FROM A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Lamas da Silva ◽  
Elias Rocha Gonçalves Junior ◽  
Virgínia Siqueira Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Atmospheric Water

Moisture-indicated Cellulose Aerogels for Multiple Atmospheric Water Harvesting Cycles Driven by Solar Energy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaming Sun ◽  
Bang An ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Mingcong Xu ◽  
Zhenwei Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Moisture Change

Despite the boom in atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) techniques coped with the challenge of clean water shortage, few works focus on hygroscopic materials that can indicate moisture change in real...

Recent progress on sorption/desorption-based atmospheric water harvesting powered by solar energy

2021 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 111233
Author(s):  
Zhihui Chen ◽  
Shiyu Song ◽  
Benchi Ma ◽  
Yueqi Li ◽  
Yu Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Atmospheric Water

scholarly journals Ultrahigh solar-driven atmospheric water production enabled by scalable rapid-cycling water harvester with vertically aligned nanocomposite sorbent

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxing Xu ◽  
Tingxian Li ◽  
Taisen Yan ◽  
Si Wu ◽  
Minqiang Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Rapid Cycling ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
Vertically Aligned

Fresh water scarcity is a globally significant challenge threatening the development of human society. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting offers an appealing way to solve this challenge by extracting clean water...

scholarly journals Dual-Stage Atmospheric Water Harvesting Device for Scalable Solar-Driven Water Production

Joule ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina LaPotin ◽  
Yang Zhong ◽  
Lenan Zhang ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Arny Leroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Dual Stage

scholarly journals Solar-assisted membrane technology for water purification: a review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsegahun Mekonnen Zewdie ◽  
Nigus Gabbiye Habtu ◽  
Abhishek Dutta ◽  
Bart Van der Bruggen
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Clean Drinking Water ◽  
Semi Arid

Abstract A shortage of safe drinking water is one of the leading problems in the world. Even in developed countries where water treatment systems are present, safe drinking water may not be always available due to the limitations of advanced water treatment techniques and high energy costs. On the other hand, many rural communities in Asia and Africa situated in semi-arid to arid regions are without reliable access to clean drinking water. It is, therefore, important to explore how solar energy can be linked to water treatment systems for clean drinking water production. Membrane-based water purification technologies play a major role in water purification by utilization of low-cost heat sources to make the process economically and technically viable for small, medium, and large-scale applications. Solar energy can be a viable source of power for water purification facilities in the coming years. Photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors are appropriate solar energy collectors for making a solar-powered water treatment system. Solar-assisted membrane-based water purification techniques could have a viable solution to the existing problems in semi-arid and arid regions. Due to the high quality of potable water demand, studies have been carried out on solar-assisted membrane-based technologies in water purification. This review considers basic concepts, specific energy consumption, water production cost, and applications of solar-driven membrane-based water purification technologies such as reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, electrodialysis, membrane distillation, and hybrid membrane systems. This review will allow the researchers to have a wider overview of the effort made by several investigators in the area of solar-assisted membrane-based water purification technology.

scholarly journals Improving atmospheric water production yield: Enabling multiple water harvesting cycles with nano sorbent

Nano Energy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 104255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renyuan Li ◽  
Yusuf Shi ◽  
Mengchun Wu ◽  
Seunghyun Hong ◽  
Peng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Production Yield ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Atmospheric Water

Mussel-inspired photothermal synergetic system for clean water production using full-spectrum solar energy

2021 ◽  
pp. 129099
Author(s):  
Ruofei Zhu ◽  
Mingming Liu ◽  
Yuanyuan Hou ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
Liping Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Synergetic System

Sandwich hydrogel with confined plasmonic Cu/carbon cells for efficient solar water purification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Tian ◽  
Chengcheng Li ◽  
Delun Chen ◽  
Yifan Li ◽  
LEI XING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Solar Water ◽  
Solar Energy Utilization

Designing low-cost and efficient evaporation system to maximize solar energy utilization is of great importance for the emerging solar water purification technologies. Herein, we demonstrate a universal sandwich hydrogel by...

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