The impact of surface chemistry on the performance of localized solar-driven evaporation system

Scientific Reports
Shengtao YuTao Deng

Abstract

This report investigates the influence of surface chemistry (or wettability) on the evaporation performance of free-standing double-layered thin film on the surface of water. Such newly developed evaporation system is composed of top plasmonic light-to-heat conversion layer and bottom porous supporting layer. Under solar light illumination, the induced plasmonic heat will be localized within the film. By modulating the wettability of such evaporation system through the control of surface chemistry, the evaporation rates are differentiated between hydrophilized and hydrophobized anodic aluminum oxide membrane-based double layered thin films. Additionally, this work demonstrated that the evaporation rate mainly depends on the wettability of bottom supporting layer rather than that of top light-to-heat conversion layer. The findings in this study not only elucidate the role of surface chemistry of each layer of such double-layered evaporation system, but also provide additional design guidelines for such localized evaporation system in applications including desalination, distillation and power generation.

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Dec 10, 2015·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Yang LiuTao Deng
Aug 19, 2016·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Chao ChangTao Deng
Sep 22, 2017·Scientific Reports·Matteo MorcianoPietro Asinari
Mar 25, 2020·Research : a Science Partner Journal·Hao-Hao YuZhi-Kang Xu
Oct 17, 2017·Water Research·Masahiro Fujiwara, Masaki Kikuchi
Apr 19, 2018·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Kwanghyun KimJi-Hyun Jang
Nov 27, 2019·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Kwangmo GoKyung Jin Lee
Aug 5, 2017·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Zhe YinYingying Zhang
Apr 13, 2017·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Guobin XueJun Zhou
Aug 18, 2017·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Ankang GuoXianbao Wang
Aug 25, 2017·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Fanchen MengTao Deng

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