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Li Z, Xu X, Sheng X, Lin P, Tang J, Pan L, Kaneti YV, Yang T, Yamauchi Y. Solar-Powered Sustainable Water Production: State-of-the-Art Technologies for Sunlight-Energy-Water Nexus. ACS NANO 2021; 15:12535-12566. [PMID: 34279074 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective methods to cope with the global water crisis. Herein, we provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of various solar-powered technologies for alternative water utilization (i.e., "sunlight-energy-water nexus"), including solar-thermal interface desalination (STID), solar-thermal membrane desalination (STMD), solar-driven electrochemical desalination (SED), and solar-thermal atmospheric water harvesting (ST-AWH). Three strategies have been proposed for improving the evaporation rate of STID systems above the theoretical limit and designing all-weather or all-day operating STID systems by analyzing the energy transfer of the evaporation and condensation processes caused by solar-thermal conversion. This review also introduces the fundamental principles and current research hotspots of two other solar-driven seawater or brackish water desalination technologies (STMD and SED) in detail. In addition, we also cover ST-AWH and other solar-powered technologies in terms of technology design, materials evolution, device assembly, etc. Finally, we summarize the content of this comprehensive review and discuss the challenges and future outlook of different types of solar-powered alternative water utilization technologies.
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- Zhengtong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Duan J, Tang Q. A revolution of photovoltaics: persistent electricity generation beyond solar irradiation. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:799-805. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03784a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The integration utilization of solar energy and waste energies by photovoltaics is regarded as a promising solution to resolve energy crisis and environmental pollution problems.
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- Jialong Duan
- Institute of New Energy Technology
- College of Information Science and Technology
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- PR China
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- Institute of New Energy Technology
- College of Information Science and Technology
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- PR China
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Wang Y, Duan J, Zhao Y, Jiao Z, He B, Tang Q. Rain-responsive polypyrrole-graphene/PtCo electrodes for energy harvest. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Wang Y, Duan J, Zhao Y, He B, Jiao Z, Tang Q. Hybridized dye-sensitized solar cells for persistent power generation free of sun illumination. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.05.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Duan J, Duan Y, Zhao Y, He B, Tang Q. Extra-high short-circuit current for bifacial solar cells in sunny and dark–light conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10046-10049. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc04645f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present here a symmetrically structured bifacial solar cell tailored by two fluorescent photoanodes and a platinum/titanium/platinum counter electrode, yielding extra-high short-circuit current densities as high as 28.59 mA cm−2 and 119.9 μA cm−2 under simulated sunlight irradiation (100 mW cm−2, AM1.5) and dark–light conditions, respectively.
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- Jialong Duan
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ocean University of China
- Qingdao 266100
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ocean University of China
- Qingdao 266100
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ocean University of China
- Qingdao 266100
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ocean University of China
- Qingdao 266100
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
- Ocean University of China
- Qingdao 266100
- P. R. China
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