Bioinspired Nanofibrous Aerogel with Vertically Aligned Channels for Efficient Water Purification and Salt‐Rejecting Solar Desalination

Abstract Solar steam generation has become one of the most promising strategies to relieve the freshwater crisis. Whereas, the construction of a solar‐thermal water evaporation structure that can operate continuously under sunlight to generate clean water with high efficiency, good stability, and high salt‐rejecting capability is quite crucial but challengeable. Enlightened by the water transport and transpiration process in trees, an advanced nanofibrous aerogel evaporator is fabricated with multifunctional capabilities through decoration of functional component onto an aerogel skeleton. The rational integration of hierarchical structure and functional constituents, results in outstanding solar‐vapor…

• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Award: BK20220420
• PA
  Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions