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Chiyu Wen,Hongshuang Guo,Yingnan Zhu,Haoyu Bai,Weiqiang Zhao,Xinsheng Wang,Jing Yang,Moyuan Cao,Lei Zhang
Engineering 2023, Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 153-161 doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2021.06.029
Highly hydrophilic materials enable rapid water delivery and salt redissolution in solar-driven seawater desalination. However, the lack of independent floatability inhibits heat localization at the air/water interface. In nature, seaweeds with internal gas microvesicles can float near the sea surface to ensure photosynthesis. Here, we have developed a seaweed-inspired, independently floatable, but superhydrophilic
(SIFS) solar evaporator. It needs no extra floatation support and can simultaneously achieve continuous water pumping and heat concentration. The evaporator resists salt accumulation, oil pollution, microbial corrosion, and protein adsorption. Densely packed hollow glass microbeads promote intrinsic floatability and heat insulation. Superhydrophilic zwitterionic sulfobetaine hydrogel provides a continuous water supply, redissolves the deposited salt, and endows the SIFS evaporator with excellent anti-fouling properties. With its unprecedented anti-contamination ability, this SIFS evaporator is expected to open a new avenue for designing floatable superhydrophilic materials and solving realworld
issues of solar steam generation in complex environmental conditions.
Keywords： Superhydrophilic device Bioinspiration Independent floatability Multi-contamination resistance Solar
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