Accelerating solar desalination in brine through ion activated hierarchically porous polyion complex hydrogels

• Published in: Materials horizons Vol. 7; no. 12; pp. 3187 - 3195
• Main Authors: Zhu, Fengbo, Wang, Liqian, Demir, Baris, An, Meng, Wu, Zi Liang, Yin, Jun, Xiao, Rui, Zheng, Qiang, Qian, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Brines; Desalination; Evaporation rate; Hydrogels; Molecular dynamics; Polyanilines; Polyelectrolytes; Seawater; Solar energy; Thermal management; Vaporizers

Solar-powered water desalination has been considered as one of the most promising solutions to alleviate clean water scarcity. In concentrated brine, the strong hydration ability of ions increases the required energy for water evaporation and thus lowers the desalination performances of most-existin...