Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation

• Published in: ACS nano Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 10366 - 10376
• Main Authors: Lu, Yi, Fan, Deqi, Wang, Yida, Xu, Haolan, Lu, Chunhua, Yang, Xiaofei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 22.06.2021
• Subjects: hybrid hydrogels; graphene; surface patterning; MXene; solar steam generation

Improving evaporation rate is extremely important to promote the application of solar steam generation in clean water production through seawater desalination. However, the theoretical evaporation rate limit of a normal two-dimensional (2D) photothermal evaporator is only about 1.46 kg m–2 h–1. Whil...