Poly(-phenylglycine)/MoS Nanohybrid with Synergistic Solar-Thermal Conversion for Efficient Water Purification and Thermoelectric Power Generation.

Solar interfacial evaporation is an emerging technology in solar energy harvesting developed to remedy the global energy crisis and the lack of freshwater resources. However, developing fully enhanced thermal management to optimize solar-heat utilization efficiency and form remains a great challenge. We created a synergistic photothermal layer from a poly(-phenylglycine) (PNPG)/MoS nanohybrid via electrostatic-induced self-assembly for a broad-spectrum and efficient solar absorption.

Robust and Superhydrophobic Surface Modification by a "Paint + Adhesive" Method: Applications in Self-Cleaning after Oil Contamination and Oil-Water Separation.

Conventional superhydrophobic surfaces have always depended on expensive, sophisticated, and fragile roughness structures. Therefore, poor robustness has turned into the bottleneck for large-scale industrial applications of the superhydrophobic surfaces. To handle this problem, a superhydrophobic surface with firm robustness urgently needs to be developed.