Abstract
Solar interfacial evaporation technology is an effective and sustainable method for seawater desalination. It is crucial to achieve high photothermal conversion efficiency, rapid evaporation rate, and long-term stability. In this study, a vertically aligned porous aerogel evaporator is prepared using sodium alginate as the substrate material and graphene oxide (GO) and polypyrrole (PPy) as the photothermal materials through a directional freezing technology. The polypyrrole@graphene oxide-sodium alginate evaporator exhibits a high solar photothermal conversion efficiency as high as 98.6 % and an evaporation rate of up to 4.66 kg·m−2·h−1 under 1 sun. During the 144-hour desalination, the evaporator transports brine for evaporation in the daytime and removes salt residue from the evaporator surface at night. It has demonstrated a self-cleaning behavior and restored its desalination stability. Thus, this aerogel evaporator with a high evaporation rate and stable salt resistance shows great potential for practical applications in solar thermal conversion and seawater desalination.
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