A solution to break the salt barrier for high-rate sustainable solar desalination

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Lin Zhu · Harbin University

Lei Sun · Harbin University

Hong Zhang · Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Hüsnü Aslan · iNano Medical (Canada)

Ye Sun · Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Yudong Huang · Harbin Institute of Technology

Federico Rosei

Abstract

We present a strategy to break the salt barrier for sustainable solar steam generation from seawater, by constructing an efficient water–salt loop and employing a highly porous, super-hydrophobic material with high photothermal conversion capability.

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Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Membrane Separation Technologies

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Published in: Energy & Environmental Science

Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 2451-2459

DOI: 10.1039/d1ee00113b

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 5.73

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A solution to break the salt barrier for high-rate sustainable solar desalination

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