Abstract
To mitigate health risks associated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solar-driven water evaporation, we developed Au/WO2.72 material with full-spectrum absorption capabilities and dual photothermal and photocatalytic properties. Injecting hot electrons from Au nanoparticles (NPs) into WO2.72 preserves oxygen vacancies, thus maintaining the plasmonic effect and significantly reducing hot electron relaxation. This leads to enhanced purification of VOCs. The MF-Au/WO2.72 water evaporator, constructed on a melamine–formaldehyde (MF) substrate, demonstrated a water evaporation rate of 1.36 kg m-2 h−1 and stability over 6 h daily for 12 days under one sun irradiation. Importantly, it achieved a 92.9 % removal efficiency for phenol VOCs. Outdoor experiments validated its effectiveness in organic wastewater purification and seawater desalination, highlighting its potential for efficient and clean water production by simultaneously removing VOCs during the evaporation process. This work provides valuable insights into utilizing plasmonic-coupling materials for solar water purification.
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