Toward multitasking solar desalination: a Janus and scalable paper evaporator with light trapping, heat confinement, salt resistance, and pollutant degradation
Xin Wang, Zilong Li, Shuyang Xing, Wei Kuang, Cuihua Dong, Yingying Liu
Abstract
A self-floating paper evaporator with hierarchical Fenton catalysts and controlled Janus wettability was developed, exhibiting light trapping, heat confinement, salt rejection, pollutant degradation and scalable production.
Topics & Concepts
Degradation (telecommunications)JanusDesalinationEvaporatorMaterials sciencePollutantWettingEnvironmental scienceChemical engineeringWaste managementEnvironmental engineeringNanotechnologyChemistryEngineeringComposite materialElectrical engineeringMembraneMechanical engineeringOrganic chemistryBiochemistryHeat exchangerSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsMembrane Separation Technologies