A reconfigurable and magnetically responsive assembly for dynamic solar steam generation | |
Hu, Yajie1,2; Ma, Hongyun1,2; Wu, Mingmao1,2; Lin, Tengyu1,2,3; Yao, Houze1,2; Liu F(刘峰)4; Cheng, Huhu1,2; Qu, Liangti1,2 | |
Source Publication | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS |
2022-07-27 | |
Volume | 13Issue:1Pages:12 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Abstract | Interfacial solar vapor generation is a promising technique to efficiently get fresh water from seawater or effluent. However, for the traditional static evaporation models, further performance improvement has encountered bottlenecks due to the lack of dynamic management and self-regulation on the evolving water movement and phase change in the evaporation process. Here, a reconfigurable and magnetically responsive evaporator with conic arrays is developed through the controllable and reversible assembly of graphene wrapped Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Different from the traditional structure-rigid evaporation architecture, the deformable and dynamic assemblies could reconfigure themselves both at macroscopic and microscopic scales in response to the variable magnetic field. Thus, the internal water transportation and external vapor diffusion are greatly promoted simultaneously, leading to a 23% higher evaporation rate than that of static counterparts. Further, well-designed hierarchical assembly and dynamic evaporation system can boost the evaporation rate to a record high level of 5.9 kg m(-2) h(-1). This proof-of-concept work demonstrates a new direction for development of high performance water evaporation system with the ability of dynamic reconfiguration and reassembly. Despite a promising water harvesting approach solar steam generation low efficiency remains a challenging obstacle. Here, authors present a macro- and microscopically reconfigurable and magnetically responsive assembly towards a dynamic evaporation system with improved performance and salt resistance. |
DOI | 10.1038/s41467-022-32051-3 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS ID | WOS:000831732000023 |
WOS Keyword | EFFICIENCY ; GRAPHENE |
WOS Research Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS Subject | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
Funding Project | National Science Foundation of China[11972349] ; National Science Foundation of China[11790292] ; State Key Laboratory of Tribology[SKLT2021B03] ; Tsinghua-Foshan Innovation Special Fund[2021THFS0501] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB22040503] |
Funding Organization | National Science Foundation of China ; State Key Laboratory of Tribology ; Tsinghua-Foshan Innovation Special Fund ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Classification | 一类 |
Ranking | 1 |
Contributor | Liu, Feng |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/89844 |
Collection | 非线性力学国家重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.Tsinghua Univ, Key Lab Organ Optoelect & Mol Engn, Minist Educ, Dept Chem,Dept Mech Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 2.Tsinghua Univ, State Key Lab Tribol, Dept Mech Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 3.HurRain Nano Technol Co Ltd, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, State Key Lab Nonlinear Mech, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Hu, Yajie,Ma, Hongyun,Wu, Mingmao,et al. A reconfigurable and magnetically responsive assembly for dynamic solar steam generation[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2022,13,1,:12. |
APA | Hu, Yajie.,Ma, Hongyun.,Wu, Mingmao.,Lin, Tengyu.,Yao, Houze.,...&Qu, Liangti.(2022).A reconfigurable and magnetically responsive assembly for dynamic solar steam generation.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,13(1),12. |
MLA | Hu, Yajie,et al."A reconfigurable and magnetically responsive assembly for dynamic solar steam generation".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13.1(2022):12. |
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