Surface-Carbonized Bamboos with Multilevel Functional Biostructures Deliver High Photothermal Water Evaporation Performance

TL;DR: Based on the research progress and achievements of photothermal conversion materials and devices in the fields of seawater desalination and photothermal electric energy generation in recent years, the challenges and opportunities faced by carbon-based photothermal conversions and devices are discussed in this article .

TL;DR: In this article , the photothermal conversion of solar energy exhibits unique advantages when applied for water purification, desalination, high-temperature heterogeneous catalysis, anti-bacterial treatments, and deicing.

TL;DR: In this article , the pore structure, chemical structure and thermal insulation of wood-based solar-driven interfacial water evaporation emerged as a promising and environmentally friendly approach for water desalinating as it provides renewable and porous structures.

TL;DR: In this article, a 3D graphene oxide (3D GO) stalk was used to achieve an evaporation flux of 34.7 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 sun conditions (1 kW/m2).

TL;DR: Development of an approach and corresponding material structure for solar steam generation while maintaining low optical concentration and keeping the bulk liquid at low temperature with no vacuum, which provides a novel approach to harvesting solar energy for a broad range of phase-change applications.

TL;DR: A hierarchically nanostructured gel (HNG) based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polypyrrole (PPy) that serves as an independent solar vapour generator that enables highly efficient solar vapours generation.

TL;DR: A self-assembling plasmonic absorber which can enable an average measured absorbance of ~99% across the wavelengths from 400 nm to 10 μm is reported, the most efficient and broadband plas Monte Carlo absorber reported to date.

TL;DR: The energy transfer efficiency of this foldable graphene oxide film-based device fabricated by a scalable process is independent of water quantity and can be achieved without optical or thermal supporting systems, therefore significantly improving the scalability and feasibility of this technology toward a complementary portable and personalized water solution.