Self-Cleaning Integrative Aerogel for Stable Solar-Assisted Desalination.

ABSTRACT: The solar-assisted desalination generator (SADG) shows great potential for solving water scarcity problems. However, salt precipitation and accumulation is still a challenge for SADG, which slows down solar steam generation performance of evaporator during operation. Here, a facile integrative evaporator featuring stable and high evaporation performance breaks this bottleneck. By using a rational design in which amorphous carbon particles are evenly composited within the porous chitosan aerogel, the evaporator not only integrates excellent light absorption, heat management, and water transportation abilities but also endows a large vapor escape space. Upon desalination, salt concentration ingredients between carbon particles and chitosan membranes can be quickly balanced by water transport

SUBMITTER: Gu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788587 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature