• 文献标题:   Porous Graphene/Polyimide Membrane with a Three-Dimensional Architecture for Rapid and Efficient Solar Desalination via Interfacial Evaporation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN ZC, LI A, CHEN XM
  • 作者关键词:   solar desalination, interfacial water evaporation, photothermal material, electrospinning, laserinduced graphene
  • 出版物名称:   ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   2168-0485
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c05306
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The solar desalination via interfacial evaporation has shown great potential in addressing the freshwater scarcity issue. However, the evaporation rate and solar thermal conversion efficiency of the current photothermal materials (flat membranes, papers, and thin films) have almost been pushed to the upper limit. In order to further improve the energy efficiency, in this work, we developed a highly porous laser-induced graphene/polyimide (LIG/PI) photothermal membrane with a three-dimensional (3D) architecture through electrospinning and laser ablation techniques. The 3D structure of the LIG/PI membrane increases the evaporation area and reduces the energy loss caused by diffuse reflectance of light. With the assistance of a thermal insulator and water pumping channels, the LIG/PI membrane achieves a high evaporation rate of similar to 1.42 kg m(-2) h(-1), a high solar thermal conversion efficiency of similar to 92.55%, and long-term evaporation stability in a high-concentration saline solution under 1 sun illumination. Such a stable photothermal membrane may provide important insights into designing rapid and efficient interfacial evaporation systems.