Polydopamine-filled bacterial nanocellulose as a biodegradable interfacial photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation

• DOI: 10.1039/c7ta04834c
• Publication Date: 2017-08-07T14:33:27Z
• Authors: Qisheng Jiang; Hamed Gholami Derami; Deoukchen Ghim; Sisi Cao; Young-Shin Jun; Srikanth Singamaneni
• Keywords: Nanocellulose; Bacterial Cellulose

A flexible, scalable and completely biodegradable photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation is fabricated<italic>via in situ</italic>loading polydopamine particles bacterial nanocellulose matrix during its growth.