Abstract Owing to its promising approach to tackling freshwater scarcity, solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) which confines the photothermal heat at evaporating surface has attracted tremendous research attention. Optimizing efforts on photothermal conversion and thermal management have greatly improved the SDIE performance. By taking advantage of the heat localization strategy, hybrid SDIE systems have been designed to enhance the solar energy utilization beyond water production. In this review, the development of SDIE and energy flow in hybrid system are discussed. The advanced conceptual designs of different hybrid applications such as electricity generation, fuel production, salt collection, photodegradation and sterilization are comprehensively summarized. Moreover, the current challenges and future perspectives of the hybrid systems are emphasized. This article aims to provide a systematic review on the recent progresses in hybrid SDIE systems to inspire both fundamental and applied research in capitalizing the undervalued auxiliary energy sources for future integrated water, energy and environmental systems.

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混合太阳能驱动的界面蒸发系统：超越水生产走向高太阳能利用率

摘要 由于太阳能驱动的界面蒸发（SDIE）在解决淡水稀缺问题方面具有前景，将光热限制在蒸发表面的方法引起了极大的研究关注。优化光热转换和热管理的努力大大提高了 SDIE 的性能。通过利用热量本地化策略，设计了混合 SDIE 系统以提高太阳能利用率，而不是水生产。在这篇综述中，讨论了混合动力系统中 SDIE 和能量流的发展。综合总结了发电、燃料生产、盐分收集、光降解和杀菌等不同混合应用的先进概念设计。而且，强调了混合系统当前的挑战和未来前景。本文旨在对混合 SDIE 系统的最新进展进行系统回顾，以激发基础和应用研究，以将被低估的辅助能源用于未来的综合水、能源和环境系统。