TY - JOUR
T1 - Waste Egg Tray and Toner-Derived Highly Efficient 3D Solar Evaporator for Freshwater Generation
AU - Ivan, Md Nahian Al Subri
AU - Saleque, Ahmed Mortuza
AU - Ahmed, Safayet
AU - Cheng, Ping Kwong
AU - Qiao, Junpeng
AU - Alam, Tawsif Ibne
AU - Tsang, Yuen Hong
N1 - Funding Information:
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)].
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PY - 2022/2/16
Y1 - 2022/2/16
N2 - With the advancement of civilization, water purification, as well as management and disposal of ever-increasing municipal solid waste (MSW), and e-waste, have become global concerns. To address these issues in a sustainable way, a 3D solar evaporator has been proposed in this paper by repurposing recycled paper from MSW in the form of egg trays and waste dry toner (e-waste) using a facile fabrication method. The unique 3D porous structure, fibrous surface, superior water absorbing capability as well as low thermal conductivity of wastepaper-derived egg trays make them an excellent candidate for an efficient solar evaporator, while the waste toner powder coating significantly enhances the optical absorbance capacity. Under 1 sun illumination, the proposed solar evaporator demonstrates an excellent evaporation rate and efficiency of 1.3 kg/m2 h and 78.5%, respectively. Moreover, the competitive advantage of the 3D structure in collecting solar irradiance at various light incident angles in comparison to a 2D structure, excellent cycle stability, low processing temperature, and the use of low-cost waste materials enable its use for large-scale water purification systems.
AB - With the advancement of civilization, water purification, as well as management and disposal of ever-increasing municipal solid waste (MSW), and e-waste, have become global concerns. To address these issues in a sustainable way, a 3D solar evaporator has been proposed in this paper by repurposing recycled paper from MSW in the form of egg trays and waste dry toner (e-waste) using a facile fabrication method. The unique 3D porous structure, fibrous surface, superior water absorbing capability as well as low thermal conductivity of wastepaper-derived egg trays make them an excellent candidate for an efficient solar evaporator, while the waste toner powder coating significantly enhances the optical absorbance capacity. Under 1 sun illumination, the proposed solar evaporator demonstrates an excellent evaporation rate and efficiency of 1.3 kg/m2 h and 78.5%, respectively. Moreover, the competitive advantage of the 3D structure in collecting solar irradiance at various light incident angles in comparison to a 2D structure, excellent cycle stability, low processing temperature, and the use of low-cost waste materials enable its use for large-scale water purification systems.
KW - egg tray
KW - interfacial solar steam generation
KW - municipal solid waste
KW - solar energy
KW - waste toner
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U2 - 10.1021/acsami.1c22215
DO - 10.1021/acsami.1c22215
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35119819
AN - SCOPUS:85124324645
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 14
SP - 7936
EP - 7948
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 6
ER -
