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Oxygen-Defected Molybdenum Oxides Hierarchical Nanostructure Constructed by Atomic-Level Thickness Nanosheets as an Efficient Absorber for Solar Steam Generation
摘要： Solar steam generation is a potential approach for fresh water recycling, thus attracting increasing attention recently. To further promote water evaporation rate, some new materials need to be developed, such as plasmonic transition metal oxides. In this work, we report an oxygen-defected molybdenum oxides hierarchical nanostructure (MoOx HNS) composed of ultrathin nanosheets with atomic-level thickness, which is demonstrated as an efficient absorber for solar steam generation. Benefiting from broadband light absorption and special assembled architecture, the resulting MoOx HNS loaded on a PTFE membrane (MoOx HNS Membrane) exhibits excellent performance for boosting steam generation rate. Under 1 sun (1 kW m?2) illumination, the evaporation rate can reach at 1.255 kg m?2 h?1, with the energy conversion efficiency of 85.6%, which is one of the best performance compared with other desalination materials. Meanwhile, the MoOx HNS Membrane can achieve high-performance seawater desalination in both laboratorial and outdoor conditions. The enhanced water evaporation performance can be attributed to the synergistic effects of the efficient solar-to-thermal conversion and the unique channel structure. This work expands the scope of investigated materials which can be applied in seawater desalination system.
关键词： MoOx hierarchical nanostructure,seawater desalination,photothermal conversion,oxygen vacancies,solar steam generation
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Photothermal response of plasmonic nanofillers for membrane distillation
摘要： Light-to-heat conversion in plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) inside polymeric membranes is beneficial for improving the efficiency of membrane distillation for seawater desalination. However, the physical mechanisms ruling photothermal membrane distillation are unclear yet. Here, we model the plasmonic photothermal light-to-heat conversion from Ag, Au, and Cu nanofillers in polymeric membranes for membrane distillation. Photothermal effects in the cases of isolated metallic NPs and their assembly are investigated considering size effects and excitation sources. The increasing content of metallic NPs improves the efficiency of the light-to-heat conversion. For a polymeric membrane, filled with 25% Ag NPs, our model well reproduces the experimental temperature increase of 10 K. Specifically, we find that Ag NPs with a radius of around 30–40 nm are favorite candidates for membrane heating with excitation energy in the visible/near-UV range. The incorporation of a term associated with heat losses into the heat transfer equation well reproduces the cooling effect associated with vaporization at the membrane surface. Compared to Ag NPs, Au and Cu NPs show a broadened absorption cross section and their resonance has a nonlinear behavior with varying the excitation energy, better matching with sunlight radiation spectrum.
关键词： photothermal conversion,membrane distillation,seawater desalination,plasmonic nanoparticles,light-to-heat conversion
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Plasmon Ag Promoted Solar-Thermal Conversion on Floating Carbon Cloth for Seawater Desalination and Sewage Disposal
摘要： Using solar energy to achieve seawater desalination and sewage disposal has received tremendous attention for its potential possibility to produce clean freshwater. However, the low solar-thermal conversion efficiency for solar absorber materials obstacles their practical applications. Herein, Ag nanoparticles (NPs) modified floating carbon cloth (ANCC) are firstly synthesized via wet-impregnation, photoreduction and low temperature drying strategy, which could float on the water and absorb the solar energy efficiently. It is worth noting that vaporization rate of ANCC with a high wide-spectrum absorption (92.39%) for the entire range of optical spectrum (200 - 2500 nm) is up to 1.36 kg h-1 m-2 under AM 1.5, which corresponds to solar-thermal conversion efficiency of ~92.82% with superior seawater desalination and sewage disposal performance. Plasmon Ag promotes the conversion efficiency obviously compared to the pristine carbon cloth because the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect could increase the local temperature greatly. After the desalination, the ion concentrations (Mg2+, K+, Ca2+ and Na+ ions) in water are far below the limit of drinking water. Such high-performance floating ANCC material may offer a feasible and paradigm strategy to manage the global water contamination and freshwater shortage problem.
关键词： seawater desalination,surface plasmon resonance,plasmon Ag,Solar-thermal energy conversion,floating carbon cloth
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36