Abstract
Heterogeneous crystallization resulted in low conversion efficiency and short service life has become one of the important challenges of desalination. Here, a fluoro-modified CNT@epoxy composite coating is developed to durably inhibit salt crystallization of photothermal sheet even in highly concentrated salt water. Typically, it can have stable evaporation efficiency of [Formula: see text] without salt crystallization after continuously being operated for 40 cycles under one solar intensity in the 20[Formula: see text]wt.% NaCl solution. That is mainly due to the Cassie state superhydrophobicity that can large increase the heterogeneous nucleation barrier quite close to the homogeneous one in salt water. This study expects to solve the existing problems of complex structure and short service time of seawater desalination units.
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