Ultrahigh solar steam generation rate of a vertically aligned reduced graphene oxide foam realized by dynamic compression
Li Wei, Xiaohan Tian, Xiaofeng Li, Shuang Han, Changjun Li, Xian‐Zhi Zhai, Yu Kang, Zhong‐Zhen Yu
Abstract
Dynamic compression is proven to be an efficient strategy to adjust the water energy state in the channels of V-RGO foams. The V-RGO foam with a compressive strain of 47.1% exhibits a water evaporation rate of 3.39 kg m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> under 1-sun irradiation.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceGrapheneCompression (physics)Composite materialOxideEvaporationDynamic range compressionStrain rateSolar energyNanotechnologyMeteorologyMetallurgyElectrical engineeringPhysicsEngineeringSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsMembrane Separation Technologies