Biomimetic Diode Solar Evaporator Enabling Efficient Transport-Kinetics-Dominated Evaporation and Localized Salt Crystallization
for 20 wt % brine under one-sun illumination, as well as localized salt crystallization on the cone frustum's top surface. These findings provide an effective route for how to design bionic structures to regulate liquid transport and enhance solar-powered interfacial evaporation for water treatment.
Authors
- Boyuan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7611-1706)
- Jiaqian Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6655-6069)
- Yuehua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1343-7449)
- Y W Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-5708)
- Bo Liu
- Xing Li
- Jinlong Wang
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (US)
- City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute (CN)
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Published
- 2026-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c26321
- Primary Topic
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Shandong University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
- Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province