Photothermal materials for efficient solar powered steam generation

作     者：Fenghua Liu Yijian Lai Binyuan Zhao Robert Bradley Weiping Wu 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix CompositesSchool o f Materials Science and EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai 200240China Department of MaterialsUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX13PHUK MatSurf Technology Ltd.CumbriaCA101NWUK Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSchool of MathematicsComputer Science and EngineeringCityUniversity of LondonNorthampton SquareLondonEC 1V OHBUK 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》 (化学科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第13卷第4期

页      面：636-653页

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学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：supported by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM) the Innovate UK the institutional strategic grant-Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) that City, University of London, receives from Research England, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) 

主　　题：solar stream generation plasmonics porous carbon photothermal materials solar energy conversion efficiency water vapor generation rate 

摘      要：Solar powered steam generation is an emerging area in the field o f energy harvest and sustainable *** nano-structured photothermal materials are able to harvest energy from the full solar spectrum and convert it to heat with high ***,the materials and structures for heat management as well as the mass transportation are also brought to the *** groups have reported their materials and structures as solutions for high performance devices,a few creatively coupled other physical fields with solar energy to achieve even better *** paper provides a systematic review on the recent developments in photothermal nanomaterial discovery,material selection,structural design and mass/heat management,as well as their applications in seawater desalination and fresh water production from waste water with free solar *** also discusses current technical challenges and likely future *** article will help to stimulate novel ideas and new designs for the photothermal materials,towards efficient,low cost practical solar-driven clean water production.