Highly Efficient and Salt-Rejecting Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Excellent Mechanical Strength for Solar Desalination

Autor:	Higgins M. Wilson, Hyeong Woo Lim, Sang Joon Lee
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	General Materials Science
Zdroj:	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14:47800-47809
ISSN:	1944-8252 1944-8244
DOI:	10.1021/acsami.2c14885
Popis:	Interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG)-based solar desalination has recently emerged as a promising solution to tackle the global issue of fresh water scarcity. However, the energy-intensive process of conventional vapor generation techniques limits its practical applications. Hydrogels with three-dimensional (3D) structures have been reported to alleviate this energy demand, but their applications in sustainable solar desalination are hindered by their poor mechanical stability. Herein, we propose a 3D poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based hydrogel with excellent mechanical strength for effective solar desalination. The dual polymer network hydrogel (PVA-agar) incorporated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) achieved a noticeable evaporation rate of 3.1 kg m
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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