Artificial Mushroom Sponge Structure for Highly Efficient and Inexpensive Cold‐Water Steam Generation

A bioinspired structure of an artificial mushroom, made of the common polyvinyl alcohol sponge coated with charcoal, is fabricated, with high efficiency in generating cold water steam of ≈73% under 1 sun illumination, due to very high light absorption, efficient water supply, and low heat loss. In a...

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Autores principales: Gao, Xiujun, Lan, Haihang, Li, Songru, Lu, Xubing, Zeng, Min, Gao, Xingsen, Wang, Qianming, Zhou, Guofu, Liu, Jun‐Ming, Naughton, Michael J., Kempa, Krzysztof, Gao, Jinwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201800035
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Sumario:A bioinspired structure of an artificial mushroom, made of the common polyvinyl alcohol sponge coated with charcoal, is fabricated, with high efficiency in generating cold water steam of ≈73% under 1 sun illumination, due to very high light absorption, efficient water supply, and low heat loss. In addition, the structure is very inexpensive, and thus ideal for applications in portable cold (boil‐free) steam generators for water purification and desalination.

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