TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural Porous Materials for Interfacial Solar Steam Generation toward Clean Water Production
AU - Saleque, Ahmed Mortuza
AU - Nowshin, Nadia
AU - Ivan, Md Nahian Al Subri
AU - Ahmed, Safayet
AU - Tsang, Yuen Hong
N1 - Funding Information:
A.M.S. and N.N. contributed equally to this work. This work was financially supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China (project number: 152093/18E), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (project number: 1‐ZE14), and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China (grant code: the science and technology innovation commission of Shenzhen [JCYJ20210324141206017]).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - The progression of photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and improved photothermal conversion efficiency is critical for developing interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG)-based water desalination and purification systems. This green solar-driven water vaporization technology has regained popularity as a sustainable solution to water shortage. Among many other photothermal materials, natural porous material-based photothermal evaporators have piqued the interest of researchers owing to their biodegradability, abundance, low thermal conductivity, low cost, natural capillary mechanism, and hydrophilicity. In this review, recent advances in photothermal material design based on various natural porous materials are reported, systems considering contact mode and the water transportation route are categorized, optical absorbance is assessed, and thermal management issues and water purification as well as desalination applications are discussed. This review stimulates further investigation and research interest in the utilization of natural porous materials for large-scale ISSG-based application implementation.
AB - The progression of photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and improved photothermal conversion efficiency is critical for developing interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG)-based water desalination and purification systems. This green solar-driven water vaporization technology has regained popularity as a sustainable solution to water shortage. Among many other photothermal materials, natural porous material-based photothermal evaporators have piqued the interest of researchers owing to their biodegradability, abundance, low thermal conductivity, low cost, natural capillary mechanism, and hydrophilicity. In this review, recent advances in photothermal material design based on various natural porous materials are reported, systems considering contact mode and the water transportation route are categorized, optical absorbance is assessed, and thermal management issues and water purification as well as desalination applications are discussed. This review stimulates further investigation and research interest in the utilization of natural porous materials for large-scale ISSG-based application implementation.
KW - clean water production
KW - desalination
KW - interfacial solar steam generation
KW - natural porous materials
KW - photothermal conversion processes
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U2 - 10.1002/solr.202100986
DO - 10.1002/solr.202100986
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85124092894
SN - 2367-198X
VL - 6
JO - Solar RRL
JF - Solar RRL
IS - 4
M1 - 2100986
ER -