Abstract
Self-healing hydrophobic light-to-heat conversion membranes for interfacial solar heating are fabricated by deposition of light-to-heat conversion material of polypyrrole onto a porous stainless-steel mesh, followed by hydrophobic fluoroalkylsilane modification. The mesh-based membranes spontaneously stay at the water-air interface, collect and convert solar light into heat, and locally heat only the water surface for enhanced evaporation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4889-4894 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- interfacial heating
- light-to-heat conversion
- membranes
- self-healing
- wetting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering