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A perspective on bio-inspired interfacial systems for solar clean-water generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2019

Rui Feng Open the ORCID record for Rui Feng [Opens in a new window] ,
Yiming Qiao  and
Chengyi Song Open the ORCID record for Chengyi Song [Opens in a new window]
Rui Feng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Rd, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
Yiming Qiao
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Rd, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
Chengyi Song*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Rd, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Address all correspondence to Chengyi Song at [email protected]
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Abstract

With rapid growth of human population and decreasing labefaction of our environment, the usable fresh water is facing severe pollution and global shortage. Bio-inspired engineering and biotemplate-directed engineering thus offer great promise in clean water generation, including desalination, decontamination, and disinfection. This perspective begins with an introduction of solar energy-based interfacial evaporation system inspired by the natural systems of organisms, and then provides a review of the development and recent progress of the interfacial evaporation system for clean water generation. The long-term outlook in this field of clean water generation using bio-inspired interfacial systems is also discussed.

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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 3 - 13
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Rui Feng and Yiming Qiao equally contributed to this paper.

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