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Internal interface engineering in single-component hydrogels for interfacial solar evaporation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A single-component amphiphilic hydrogel with internal interfacial architecture enables volumetric solar evaporation, delivering high flux via molecularly embedded photothermal units and dynamic air–water interfaces beyond surface-limited designs.

Source: EES solar.

DOI: 10.1039/d5el00097a

Authors: Yihan Shi, Boyang Shi, Shudi Mao, Xin Stella Zhang, Casey Onggowarsito, An Feng, Guowei Wang, Dawei Su, Qiang Fu

Institutions: University of Technology Sydney, Fudan University, RMIT University

Language: English

Topic: Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: China Scholarship Council, Australian Research Council

Awards: Molecular engineering of boron nanomaterials for future technologies, Engineering two dimensional polymers for membrane-based chemical separation, G7967912803

OpenAlex ID: W4412837953

FWCI: 0.561

Cites: 40

Cited by: 4

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