A salt pollution self-cleaning Al based solar desalination evaporator fabricated using a picosecond laser
Weizhen Li, Dongkai Chu, Qingwei Wang, Kai Yin, Hong‐Hao Zhang, Shuoshuo Qu, Peng Yao
Abstract
Salt pollution self-healing Al based solar evaporators are processed by using a picosecond laser. The evaporation rate can reach 2.325 kg m −2 h −1 with a solar intensity of 0.95 kW m −2 .
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceDesalinationEvaporationEvaporatorSalt (chemistry)LaserPollutionPicosecondEnvironmental engineeringOptoelectronicsEnvironmental scienceOpticsMeteorologyChemistryMechanical engineeringBiochemistryEcologyHeat exchangerPhysical chemistryBiologyEngineeringMembranePhysicsSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics