Flexible Fire‐Resistant Photothermal Paper Comprising Ultralong Hydroxyapatite Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes for Solar Energy‐Driven Water Purification

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 14; no. 50; pp. e1803387 - n/a
• Main Authors: Xiong, Zhi‐Chao, Zhu, Ying‐Jie, Qin, Dong‐Dong, Chen, Fei‐Fei, Yang, Ri‐Long
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Carbon nanotubes; Clean energy; Desalination; Drinking water; Evaporation; Fire resistance; Heavy metals; High temperature; Hydroxyapatite; Nanotechnology; Nanowires; Photothermal conversion; photothermal paper; Seawater; Solar energy; Steam generation; Surface layers; Thermal conductivity; Wastewater; Water purification; water purification; hydroxyapatite; carbon nanotubes; photothermal paper; nanowires

Efficient utilization of abundant solar energy for clean water generation is considered a sustainable and environment friendly approach to mitigate the global water crisis. For this purpose, this study reports a flexible fire‐resistant photothermal paper by combining carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and fire...