Dome-arrayed chitosan/PVA hydrogel-based solar evaporator for steam generation

Abstract Water evaporation systems with solar energy as the primary driving energy have received extensive attention in recent years. This work studies the preparation method and performance of hydrogel evaporators using chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a framework and carbon nanoparticles (C...

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Main Authors: Minyue Zhu, Xiaojie Liu, Yanpei Tian, Andrew Caratenuto, Fangqi Chen, Yi Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08589-z