Solar Driven Interfacial Steam Generation Derived from Biodegradable Luffa Sponge

Ahmed Mortuza Saleque; Sainan Ma; Safayet Ahmed; Mohammad Ismail Hossain; Wayesh Qarony; Yuen Hong Tsang

doi:10.1002/adsu.202000291

Solar Driven Interfacial Steam Generation Derived from Biodegradable Luffa Sponge

Ahmed Mortuza Saleque, Sainan Ma, Safayet Ahmed, Mohammad Ismail Hossain, Wayesh Qarony, Yuen Hong Tsang

Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review

30 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of the Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications for the very first time. Hydrophilicity and solar absorbance of the LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment and candle soot surface coating. The fabricated surface modified LS (SM-LS) leads to a superb solar evaporation rate of water as high as 1.30 kg m⁻² h⁻¹, which is five times higher than that of the freshwater under 1 sun illumination. The outdoor experiment shows an excellent solar evaporation efficiency of 79.98%, which is significantly higher than other low-cost materials. Such SM-LS can be further applied to desalinate seawater, where it is shown that 1 m² of surface-modified LS can produce 7.5–8 L of freshwater per day. Hence, the proposed system can be utilized in remote areas and refugee camps.

Original language	English
Article number	2000291
Journal	Advanced Sustainable Systems
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202000291
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Keywords

desalination
heat localization
luffa sponges
solar energy
solar steam generation
water purification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science(all)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

More information

10.1002/adsu.202000291

http://hdl.handle.net/10397/96149

Cite this

@article{4c7c5a309ac64b778e5ce74ed292c78f,

title = "Solar Driven Interfacial Steam Generation Derived from Biodegradable Luffa Sponge",

abstract = "A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of the Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications for the very first time. Hydrophilicity and solar absorbance of the LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment and candle soot surface coating. The fabricated surface modified LS (SM-LS) leads to a superb solar evaporation rate of water as high as 1.30 kg m−2 h−1, which is five times higher than that of the freshwater under 1 sun illumination. The outdoor experiment shows an excellent solar evaporation efficiency of 79.98%, which is significantly higher than other low-cost materials. Such SM-LS can be further applied to desalinate seawater, where it is shown that 1 m2 of surface-modified LS can produce 7.5–8 L of freshwater per day. Hence, the proposed system can be utilized in remote areas and refugee camps.",

keywords = "desalination, heat localization, luffa sponges, solar energy, solar steam generation, water purification",

author = "Saleque, {Ahmed Mortuza} and Sainan Ma and Safayet Ahmed and Hossain, {Mohammad Ismail} and Wayesh Qarony and Tsang, {Yuen Hong}",

note = "Funding Information: This work is financially supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China (Project number: 152093/18E), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China (Grant Code: the science and technology innovation commission of Shenzhen (JCY20180306173805740)). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH",

year = "2021",

month = may,

doi = "10.1002/adsu.202000291",

language = "English",

volume = "5",

journal = "Advanced Sustainable Systems",

issn = "2366-7486",

publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Solar Driven Interfacial Steam Generation Derived from Biodegradable Luffa Sponge

AU - Saleque, Ahmed Mortuza

AU - Ma, Sainan

AU - Ahmed, Safayet

AU - Hossain, Mohammad Ismail

AU - Qarony, Wayesh

AU - Tsang, Yuen Hong

N1 - Funding Information: This work is financially supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China (Project number: 152093/18E), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China (Grant Code: the science and technology innovation commission of Shenzhen (JCY20180306173805740)). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH

PY - 2021/5

Y1 - 2021/5

N2 - A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of the Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications for the very first time. Hydrophilicity and solar absorbance of the LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment and candle soot surface coating. The fabricated surface modified LS (SM-LS) leads to a superb solar evaporation rate of water as high as 1.30 kg m−2 h−1, which is five times higher than that of the freshwater under 1 sun illumination. The outdoor experiment shows an excellent solar evaporation efficiency of 79.98%, which is significantly higher than other low-cost materials. Such SM-LS can be further applied to desalinate seawater, where it is shown that 1 m2 of surface-modified LS can produce 7.5–8 L of freshwater per day. Hence, the proposed system can be utilized in remote areas and refugee camps.

AB - A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of the Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications for the very first time. Hydrophilicity and solar absorbance of the LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment and candle soot surface coating. The fabricated surface modified LS (SM-LS) leads to a superb solar evaporation rate of water as high as 1.30 kg m−2 h−1, which is five times higher than that of the freshwater under 1 sun illumination. The outdoor experiment shows an excellent solar evaporation efficiency of 79.98%, which is significantly higher than other low-cost materials. Such SM-LS can be further applied to desalinate seawater, where it is shown that 1 m2 of surface-modified LS can produce 7.5–8 L of freshwater per day. Hence, the proposed system can be utilized in remote areas and refugee camps.

KW - desalination

KW - heat localization

KW - luffa sponges

KW - solar energy

KW - solar steam generation

KW - water purification

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101645767&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/adsu.202000291

DO - 10.1002/adsu.202000291

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85101645767

SN - 2366-7486

VL - 5

JO - Advanced Sustainable Systems

JF - Advanced Sustainable Systems

IS - 5

M1 - 2000291

ER -

Solar Driven Interfacial Steam Generation Derived from Biodegradable Luffa Sponge

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

More information

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this