Tailoring Graphene Oxide‐Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sun

Graphene oxide‐based aerogels with carefully tailored properties are developed to enable efficient solar steam generation. Aerogels, with inherent porous structures, are excellent thermal insulators and provide channels for water supply and vapor escape. With enhanced absorption and hydrophilicity b...

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Published inAdvanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. np - n/a
Main Authors Hu, Xiaozhen, Xu, Weichao, Zhou, Lin, Tan, Yingling, Wang, Yang, Zhu, Shining, Zhu, Jia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2017
Subjects
Absorption
Aerogels
Carbon nanotubes
Channels
Graphene
graphene oxide
Hydrophilicity
Illumination
Insulators
Materials science
one sun
Sodium alginate
solar steam generation
Steam generation
Steam power
Stellar mass
Sun
Water supply
graphene oxide
aerogels
one sun
solar steam generation
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Summary:Graphene oxide‐based aerogels with carefully tailored properties are developed to enable efficient solar steam generation. Aerogels, with inherent porous structures, are excellent thermal insulators and provide channels for water supply and vapor escape. With enhanced absorption and hydrophilicity by incorporation of carbon nanotubes and sodium alginate, the resulting aerogels can enable efficient (≈83%) solar steam generation under one‐sun illumination.
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ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201604031