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Interfacial solar steam generation by wood-based devices to produce drinking water: a review
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Document Title
Interfacial solar steam generation by wood-based devices to produce drinking water: a review
Author
Mehrkhah R., Goharshadi E.K., Lichtfouse E., Ahn H.S., Wongwises S., Yu W., Mahian O.
Affiliations
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948974, Iran; Nano Research Center, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948974, Iran; Center for Nanotechnology in Renewable Energies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948974, Iran; State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China; Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea; Nuclear Safety Research Institute, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea; Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Engineering and Multiphase Flow Research Laboratory (FUTURE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangmod, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand; School of Energy and Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Advanced Thermal Functional Materials, Shanghai, 201209, China; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, Xi’an, 710049, China; National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand
Type
Article
Source Title
Environmental Chemistry Letters
ISSN
16103653
Year
2023
Volume
21
Issue
1
Page
285-318
Open Access
All Open Access, Green
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
DOI
10.1007/s10311-022-01501-1
Format
Abstract
Freshwater supply is declining in the context of climate change, pollution, and soil salinization, calling for sustainable methods to produce drinking water. For instance, salt water can be converted into pure water by steam generation. Interfacial solar steam generation involves photoabsorbers consisting of a photothermal material with broad solar absorption and a porous substrate with a thermal insulating character. Nonetheless, scaling up of classical devices for interfacial solar steam generation is actually limited by cost, biofilm formation, salt fouling, complicated fabrication processes, and toxicity. Alternatively, wood-based devices are cheap, biodegradable, abundant, and display high fluxes of evaporation compared with other nonbiodegradable photoabsorbers. Here we review the design and applications of wood-based solar steam generation devices, with focus on wood structure and properties, different types of devices, and factors controlling the evaporative performance. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Funding Sponsor
Incheon National University
Publication Source
WOS