Title: An Integrated Multilayered Fabric with Tunable Water Supply to the Photothermal Conversion Layer for an Efficient Solar Water Evaporation.

  This article presents the fabrication of an efficient, low-cost, and easy-to-fabricate solar steam generator. We designed an integrated multi-layered fabric (IMLF), in which water supply-demand (WSD) to the photothermal layer can be tuned by varying the degree of polypyrrole (PPy) coating. Under one solar light intensity, IMLF attains an evaporation rate of 1.15 kg.m^-2.h^-1 and a corresponding evaporation efficiency of ∼ 77.9. Furthermore, the condensate obtained from actual sea water satisfies EPA and WHO drinking water standards. Our findings demonstrate that the IMLF is capable of effectively treating seawater and dyeing effluent.

Article Link:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00064