Self-Supporting Nanoporous Copper Film with High Porosity and Broadband Light Absorption for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Bin Yu; Yan Wang; Ying Zhang; Zhonghua Zhang

doi:10.1007/s40820-023-01063-z

Nano-Micro Letters (Apr 2023)

Self-Supporting Nanoporous Copper Film with High Porosity and Broadband Light Absorption for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Bin Yu,
Yan Wang,
Ying Zhang,
Zhonghua Zhang

Affiliations

Bin Yu: Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University
Yan Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan
Ying Zhang: Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University
Zhonghua Zhang: Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01063-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

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Highlights Self-supporting Cu film with high porosity was obtained by dealloying of Al98Cu2. Nanoporous Cu (NP-Cu) film shows good hydrophilicity and strong broadband light absorption. NP-Cu film exhibits outstanding solar steam generation and desalination performance.

Published in Nano-Micro Letters

ISSN: 2311-6706 (Print); 2150-5551 (Online)
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.springer.com/40820

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