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Nature-inspired wood-based solar evaporation system for efficient desalination and water purification

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Interfacial solar evaporation technology is considered as one of the most promising green ways to solve the problems of freshwater scarcity and sewage treatment. Herein, we prepared a low-cost, easy-to-fabricate, and excellent performance polyaniline (PANI)-wood solar evaporator using a simple surface self-assembly technique. The evaporator achieves an evaporation rate of 1.66 kg m−2 h−1 under 1 sun and a photothermal conversion efficiency of 86.9%. In the process of seawater desalination, the purification rate of four ions in seawater reaches at least 99%. And water purified by evaporator meets the drinking water standard of the World Health Organization (WHO). In the experiment of evaporating organic dye aqueous solution, the light transmittance of the purified water is similar to that of deionized water. These performances are higher than those of most reported wood-based solar evaporators. Therefore, the efficient solar evaporation system has great potential in addressing desalination and water purification.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 52274228), the Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities (Grant nos. 21JP068), the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grant nos. 2019JM-371), the Outstanding Youth Science Fund of Xi’an University of Science and Technology (Grant nos. 2019YQ2-09), and Huyang Scholar Program of Xi’an University of Science and Technology.

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Qu, M., Yan, J., Ge, J. et al. Nature-inspired wood-based solar evaporation system for efficient desalination and water purification. J Mater Sci 58, 6220–6236 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08420-8

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