Engineering Renewable Lignocellulosic Biomass as Sustainable Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporators
Jinlong Zhu, Jifei Zhang, Jincheng Zha, Siqi Zhao, Wenfeng Ren, Bing Wang, Ling-Ping Xiao, Sanwei Hao, Changyou Shao, Jun Yang, Runcang Sun
TL;DR
This paper reviews how renewable plant-based materials can be used to create solar-powered water evaporation systems for sustainable freshwater production.
Contribution
The paper provides a comprehensive review of design and optimization strategies for solar evaporators using lignocellulosic biomass.
Findings
Lignocellulosic biomass offers natural advantages for photothermal layers and hydrophilic substrates in solar evaporators.
Biomass-based evaporators can perform multiple functions beyond desalination, such as power generation and wastewater treatment.
Challenges remain in scaling up biomass-based solar evaporators for practical applications.
Abstract
This review systematically summarizes solar evaporator design and optimization using renewable lignocellulosic biomass.Unique structural merits and fabrication methods for photothermal layer and hydrophilic substrate are thoroughly discussed.Multifunctional integrated applications beyond desalination are highlighted.Current challenges and future development opportunities for scalable biomass-based evaporators are outlined. This review systematically summarizes solar evaporator design and optimization using renewable lignocellulosic biomass. Unique structural merits and fabrication methods for photothermal layer and hydrophilic substrate are thoroughly discussed. Multifunctional integrated applications beyond desalination are highlighted. Current challenges and future development opportunities for scalable biomass-based evaporators are outlined. The increasing scarcity of freshwater…
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TopicsSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods · Membrane Separation Technologies · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity