Bio-inspired 3D architectured aerogel evaporator for highly efficient solar seawater desalination

Solar interface evaporators for desalination have gained a growing research interest due to its potential for sustainable water production. However, an efficient balance in performance for heat management, water transport, and salt tolerance and rejection is rather difficult to achieve in actual applications. Inspired by the vascular bundles arranged in order in parenchyma cells of seagrass, this study reports the vertical arrangement of 3D aerogel formed by the hybridization of sodium alginate and reduced graphene oxide (denoted as SrGAE) to demonstrate a highly efficient solar interfacial evaporation for desalination. Due to the biomimetic 3D architecture with vertically arranged channels, SrGAE successfully…

• SA
  Science and Technology Projects of Fujian Province

  Award: 2023FKJ27
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 52376063
• FP
  Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology

  Award: 2022H6021
• AR
  Australian Research Council

  Award: FL230100095