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Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination <i>via</i> a thermally-localized multistage solar still

Zhenyuan Xu, Lenan Zhang, Lin Zhao, Bangjun Li, Bikram Bhatia, Chenxi Wang, Kyle L. Wilke, Youngsup Song, Omar Labban, John H. Lienhard,

Energy & Environmental Science · 2020 · 527 citations · 43 references

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Passive vapor generation systems combining interfacial solar heating and vaporization enthalpy recycling enable high-efficient low-cost desalination.

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Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

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Hadi Ghasemi, George Ni, Amy Marconnet et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination

Lin Zhou, Yingling Tan, Jingyang Wang et al. · Nature Photonics · 2016 · 2.1K citations

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