| Abstract Scope |
The growing concern about limited access to clean water and the necessity to reduce dependency on fossil fuels are some of the key factors driving the development of green and sustainable technologies for water purification. One promising solution is the use of solar-powered seawater desalination, which has the potential to address the freshwater shortage problem and replace energy-intensive existing methods like reverse osmosis-based desalination and thermal distillation. As a result, solar-driven interfacial water evaporation has emerged as a sustainable pathway for generating clean water. In this talk, I will discuss our research efforts in developing evaporators based on nanomaterials such as graphite nanoflakes and carbon/CuS core-shell nanoparticles, as well as system integration, and share our findings on the performance of interfacial water evaporation. |