A solution to break the salt barrier for high-rate sustainable solar desalination
Lin Zhu, Lei Sun, Hong Zhang, Hüsnü Aslan, Ye Sun, Yudong Huang, Federico Rosei, Miao Yu
Abstract
We present a strategy to break the salt barrier for sustainable solar steam generation from seawater, by constructing an efficient water–salt loop and employing a highly porous, super-hydrophobic material with high photothermal conversion capability.
Topics & Concepts
DesalinationSalt (chemistry)Solar desalinationEnvironmental scienceMaterials scienceEnvironmental engineeringChemistryPhysical chemistryBiochemistryMembraneSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesMembrane Separation Technologies