Carbon Ink Enhanced Calcium Alginate-Based Hydrogel with Response Surface Methodology Optimized for Solar-Driven Salt-Tolerant Desalination.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

Xiamen Key Laboratory of Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Utilization and Pollution Control, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China.

Published: October 2024

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The global shortage of freshwater resources is becoming more and more serious; therefore, it is necessary to obtain freshwater by desalinating seawater resources. Solar-driven interfacial photothermal evaporation, which is an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient technology, has been used to desalinate seawater for water purification and production. Herein, the IPCA hydrogel with abundant pores consisting of carbon ink as a photothermal conversion material and PU sponge loaded with calcium alginate as a water transport medium was successfully prepared and used to obtain portable water. The parameters of the synthesized IPCA are optimized by Response Surface Methodology analysis, and it was found that the IPCA exhibits a high evaporation efficiency of 3.779 kg m h and up to 95.98% of photothermal conversion capacity under one solar intensity. It maintains a high evaporation efficiency and salt resistance after 10 cycles of evaporation in actual seawater. Moreover, IPCA shows a high removal of various organic dye pollutants in wastewater. The results suggest a new approach for the preparation of simple, efficient, and green solar evaporators in practical application.

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