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Design of self-righting steam generators for solar-driven interfacial evaporation and self-powered water wave detection

Guoliang Chen, Na Li, Jintao He, Lifang Qiao, Fangbin Li, Shuxue Wang, Petri Murto, Xiaoyi Li, Xiaofeng Xu

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2020 · 52 citations · 57 references

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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, desalination and self-powered water wave detection are synergistically achieved by developing a self-righting steam generator with a tumbler-shaped monolithic structure.

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