A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper‐Based System for High‐Performance Large‐Scale Evaporation

A bioinspired, reusable, paper-based gold-nanoparticle film is fabricated by depositing an as-prepared gold-nanoparticle thin film on airlaid paper. This paper-based system with enhanced surface roughness and low thermal conductivity exhibits increased efficiency of evaporation, scale-up potential, and proven reusability. It is also demonstrated to be potentially useful in seawater desalination. Solar-enabled evaporation is a solar-energy-harvesting technology that can be used in modern power plants, chemical plants, and seawater desalination plants.1-6 Multiple technological advances such as optimizing the mechanical systems and improvement of facilities have been implemented to increase the evaporation…