A5100393275- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Random Matrices and Applications
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
- Dielectric properties of ceramics
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
Dalian University of Technology
2025
Anhui University
2024
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
2024
Sun Yat-sen University
2024
Xidian University
2024
Shandong Academy of Textile Science (China)
2022
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2014-2021
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites
2021
Central Hospital of Zibo
2021
Xinyang Normal University
2014-2018
A bioinspired, reusable, paper-based gold-nanoparticle film is fabricated by depositing an as-prepared thin on airlaid paper. This system with enhanced surface roughness and low thermal conductivity exhibits increased efficiency of evaporation, scale-up potential, proven reusability. It also demonstrated to be potentially useful in seawater desalination. Solar-enabled evaporation a solar-energy-harvesting technology that can used modern power plants, chemical desalination plants.1-6 Multiple...
Plasmonic gold nanoparticles self-assembled at the air–water interface to produce an evaporative surface with local control inspired by skins and plant leaves. Fast efficient evaporation is realized due instant localized plasmonic heating surface. The bio-inspired process provides alternative promising approach for evaporation, has potential applications in sterilization, distillation, heat transfer. As a service our authors readers, this journal supporting information supplied authors. Such...
The plasmonic heating effect of noble nanoparticles has recently received tremendous attention for various important applications. Herein, we report the utilization interfacial heating-assisted evaporation efficient and facile solar-thermal energy harvest. An airlaid paper-supported gold nanoparticle thin film was placed at thermal conversion region within a sealed chamber to convert solar into energy. generated instantly vaporizes water underneath hot vapors that quickly diffuse release...
Abstract This report investigates the influence of surface chemistry (or wettability) on evaporation performance free-standing double-layered thin film water. Such newly developed system is composed top plasmonic light-to-heat conversion layer and bottom porous supporting layer. Under solar light illumination, induced heat will be localized within film. By modulating wettability such through control chemistry, rates are differentiated between hydrophilized hydrophobized anodic aluminum oxide...
The generation of high temperature steam (>120 °C) for sterilization under ambient atmospheric pressure by employing interfacial evaporation solar illumination.
This paper reports the highly efficient pyroelectric nanomaterial-based catalytic degradation of waste dye under rapid temperature oscillation, which was achieved by periodical solar irradiation on a porous membrane that floating at liquid/air interface. Such consists light-to-heat conversion carbon black film as top layer and poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) embedded with barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanoparticles (BTO NPs) bottom layer. By using an optical chopper, light can be modulated to...
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, as one of the most effective ways to convert and utilize solar energy, has attracted lot interest recently. Most previous research studies, however, mainly focused on nonpatterned absorbers by improving structural chemical characteristics used in evaporation systems. In this work, we investigated influence patterned surface performance absorbers. The surfaces studied, which include black patterns white patterns, were achieved selectively printing carbon...
This paper explores a new propulsion mechanism that is based on the ejection of hot vapor jet to propel motor at liquid/air interface. For conventional photothermal motors, which mostly are driven by Marangoni effect, it challenging those motors surfaces liquids with low surface tension due reduced effect. With this vapor-enabled mechanism, can move rapidly interface broad range tensions. A design accumulate further demonstrated enhance both force as well applicable for such motors. will...
Crumpled microstructures enable reduction of reflection at the graphene surface and make crumpled balls as excellent broadband light absorbers.
This paper presents a pyroelectric approach for the synthesis of metal–BaTiO3 hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) and demonstrates enhanced performance on degradation dye solution using such NPs. During process, rapid temperature oscillation accelerated electron generation at surface barium titanate (BTO) NPs that were dispersed in either aqueous or nonaqueous solutions. These generated electrons used to reduce metal salts BTO without need reducing reagent. The Au–BTO synthesized by showed higher...
Studying the interactions of atomically precise metal nanoclusters in their assembly systems is great significance nanomaterial research field, which has attracted increasing interest last few decades. Herein, we report cocrystallization two oppositely charged one unit cell: [Au1Ag24(SR)18]– ((AuAg)25 for short) and [AuxAg27–x(Dppf)4(SR)9]2+ (x = 10–12; (AuAg)27 with a 1:1 ratio. could maintain its structure presence (AuAg)25, whether crystalline solution state, while metastable component...
Vertical segregation was induced by the size-dependent charge neutralization during one-step interfacial self-assembly of colloidal gold nanoparticles with bimodal size distribution. This approach also can assemble particles tunable compositions into layered films.
This paper demonstrates a facile solar steam generator for the generation of high-temperature at ambient pressure. The consists coiled copper tube (CCT) that serves as both collector and vapor heater. Both inner outer surfaces CCT are coated with black superhydrophobic oxide layer to improve absorption, such prevents condensation clogging water during heating process. Solar is generated inlet through interfacial evaporation subsequently heated inside travels from outlet. By employing this...
This work presents the recovery of thermal energy through oscillation liquid plugs induced by phase transition within oscillating heat pipe (OHP) during quick heat-transfer process OHP. Using electrical double layer at liquid-solid interface in OHP, this study demonstrated that waste can be recycled and converted into useful electric energy. recycling system generated more than 1 V output voltage 1.6 μW peak power. The from such a used to power up small electronic devices, as capacitors...
A bioinspired surface evaporation approach with enhanced energy efficiency is demonstrated by W. Shang, T. Deng, and co-workers on page 3234. Inspired the biological processes, this uses self-assembled films of gold nanoparticles at air-water interface that confine plasmonic thermal to achieve efficient evaporation. The free-floating nature film also enables tracking evaporative retreating interface, which maximizes both usage materials for process.