Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined water layer

Lenan Zhang; Xiangyu Li; Yang Zhong; Arny Leroy; Zhenyuan Xu; Lin Zhao; Evelyn N. Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28457-8

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation via a wick-free confined water layer

Lenan Zhang,
Xiangyu Li,
Yang Zhong,
Arny Leroy,
Zhenyuan Xu,
Lin Zhao,
Evelyn N. Wang

Affiliations

Lenan Zhang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Xiangyu Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yang Zhong: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arny Leroy: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zhenyuan Xu: Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lin Zhao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Evelyn N. Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28457-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Solar evaporation is promising for sustainable freshwater production but typically limited by salt accumulation. Here, by manipulating natural convection, authors develop a wick-free confined water layer that enables highly efficient and salt rejecting solar evaporation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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