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Wang J, Cao X, Cui X, Wang H, Zhang H, Wang K, Li X, Li Z, Zhou Y. Recent Advances of Green Electricity Generation: Potential in Solar Interfacial Evaporation System. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311151. [PMID: 38182407 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) has played a pivotal role in optimizing water-energy utilization, reducing conventional power costs, and mitigating environmental impacts. The increasing emphasis on the synergistic cogeneration of water and green electricity through SDIE is particularly noteworthy. However, there is a gap of existing reviews that have focused on the mechanistic understanding of green power from water-electricity cogeneration (WEC) systems, the structure-activity relationship between efficiency of green energy utilization in WEC and material design in SDIE. Particularly, it lacks a comprehensive discussion to address the challenges faced in these areas along with potential solutions. Therefore, this review aims to comprehensively assess the progress and future perspective of green electricity from WEC systems by investigating the potential expansion of SDIE. First, it provides a comprehensive overview about material rational design, thermal management, and water transportation tunnels in SDIE. Then, it summarizes diverse energy sources utilized in the SDIE process, including steaming generation, photovoltaics, salinity gradient effect, temperature gradient effect, and piezoelectric effect. Subsequently, it explores factors that affect generated green electricity efficiency in WEC. Finally, this review proposes challenges and possible solution in the development of WEC.
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- Jinhu Wang
- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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Rathore LK, Garg P, Kumar P, Bera A. Super-hydrophilic LaCoO 3/g-C 3N 4 nanocomposite coated beauty sponge for solar-driven seawater desalination with simultaneous volatile organic compound removal. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:2599-2607. [PMID: 38224332 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04951e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG) is emerging as a promising, environment-friendly solution for fulfilling freshwater and energy demands. However, a critical challenge for ISSG lies in the presence of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the feedwater which are co-evaporated with water, leading to more enriched concentration in condensed water. Herein, lanthanum cobaltate-graphitic carbon nitride (LaCoO3/g-C3N4, LCO/g-CN) nanocomposite decorated beauty sponge (LCO/g-CN@BS) is proposed as an efficient photothermal/photocatalytic material for solar-driven seawater desalination and simultaneous VOC degradation. The hydrophobic surface of the beauty sponge after LCO/g-CN coating becomes super-hydrophilic, ensuring sufficient water supply and our LCO/g-CN@BS delivers an evaporation rate of 1.94 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 sun irradiation. This LCO/g-CN@BS shows excellent seawater desalination capacity with a self-cleaning ability when employed for saltwater purification for a salt (NaCl) concentration as high as 15 wt%. Moreover, fast photocarrier transfer between LCO and g-CN leads to enhanced photocatalytic degradation of over 90% of phenol simultaneously, which is about 60% for only an LCO-based beauty sponge. This work presents a promising approach to combining novel nanocomposites with microporous structures for efficient solar desalination, offering simultaneous VOC degradation.
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, J&K 181221, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, J&K 181221, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, J&K 181221, India.
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Li J, Liu M, Luo W, Xing G, Yang W, Sun H, Jiao R, Zhang J, Li A. 3D Tea-Residue Microcrystalline Cellulose Aerogel with Aligned Channels for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation Co-generation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37890048 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation co-generation (SIE-CG) technology is of great significance in solving the problem of water and energy shortage. Herein, we report the ionic liquid-assisted alignment of waste biomass tea residue-based microcrystalline cellulose for aerogels (abbreviated as TPPA-5) with aligned channels for solar-driven interfacial evaporation co-generation. In the ionic liquid, strong H-bonding is formed between the pyranoid rings of cellulose combined with the slow freezing technique, resulting in the microcrystalline cellulose being reoriented, which allowed TPPA-5 to form abundant aligned channels after solvent replacement and freeze-drying. These aligned channels enable the brine to form a localized circulating flow, which is conducive to the improvement of the TPPA's evaporation rate and salt resistance. The salinity gradient is naturally formed in the channel of TPPA, which enables TPPA-5 to show excellent power generation performance. The evaporation rate of TPPA-5 can reach 3.39 kg m-2 h-1 under 1 kW m-2. With methanol as a highly polar proton solvent, the maximum output voltage obtained was 67.534 mV due to the overlapping electric double-layer effect formed by hydrogen protons on the TPPA surface, and the energy utilization efficiency is 95.95%. Moreover, TPPA-5 can purify pesticide-containing wastewater, which has the advantages of being recyclable and environmentally friendly, showing potential application value in the field of seawater desalination and steam co-generation.
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- Jiyan Li
- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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- . . Center of Eco-material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China
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- . . College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road No. 287, Lanzhou 730050, P.R. China
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