Effective solar-driven interfacial water evaporation-assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by a activated porous carbon material

LI Ning; MA Yong; CHANG Qing; XUE Chao-rui; LI Ying; ZHENG Wen-jing; LIU Lei; FAN Xiang-qian; HU Sheng-liang

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60778-4

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LI Ning, MA Yong, CHANG Qing, XUE Chao-rui, LI Ying, ZHENG Wen-jing, LIU Lei, FAN Xiang-qian, HU Sheng-liang. Effective solar-driven interfacial water evaporation-assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by a activated porous carbon material. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(5): 925-938. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60778-4

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LI Ning, MA Yong, CHANG Qing, XUE Chao-rui, LI Ying, ZHENG Wen-jing, LIU Lei, FAN Xiang-qian, HU Sheng-liang. Effective solar-driven interfacial water evaporation-assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by a activated porous carbon material. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(5): 925-938. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60778-4

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LI Ning, MA Yong, CHANG Qing, XUE Chao-rui, LI Ying, ZHENG Wen-jing, LIU Lei, FAN Xiang-qian, HU Sheng-liang. Effective solar-driven interfacial water evaporation-assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by a activated porous carbon material. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(5): 925-938. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60778-4

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Effective solar-driven interfacial water evaporation-assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by a activated porous carbon material

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60778-4

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School of Energy and Power Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
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School of Material Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China

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^†李宁和马勇为共同第一作者
Corresponding author: LI Ning, Associate professor. E-mail: lnlong2834@yeah.net; XUE Chao-rui, Associate professor. E-mail: crxue87@126.com; HU Sheng-liang, Professor. E-mail: hsliang@yeah.net
Received Date: 2023-04-05
Accepted Date: 2023-08-31
Rev Recd Date: 2023-08-31

Available Online: 2023-09-08

Publish Date: 2023-10-01

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Recently, solar-driven interfacial water evaporation (SDIWE) has attracted worldwide attention owing to its potential use in seawater desalination and wastewater purification. Nevertheless, how to effectively use the inevitable conduction heat loss and eliminate organic pollutants are still challenging. We report the SDIWE- assisted adsorption of organic pollutants by using the conduction heat loss to improve the total energy efficiency of the SDIWE system. Porous carbon (PC) and activated PC were prepared by a simple recrystallizing salt template-assisted carbonization and KOH activation method. After activation, the activated PC sample with a PC:KOH mass ratio of 1:4 (PC-A4) has a hierarchical porous structure, a better absorption capacity in the spectral region of 200-2500 nm, a high specific surface area of 1867.71 m² g⁻¹ and a large pore volume of 1.04 cm³ g⁻¹. Based on this, PC-A4 has a high evaporation rate and energy efficiency, which can be further increased by regulating the mass of the water body. Subsequently, the conduction heat generated by the SDIWE system was used for SDIWE-assisted adsorption. Notably, the maximum amount of rhodamine B adsorbed by PC-A4 is 1610 mg g⁻¹ at a conduction temperature of 309 K, which is higher than that of the same sample at 298 K. Consequently, this work offers a promising approach for effectively using the conduction heat loss of the SDIWE system and developing it for water purification.
- Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation,
- Activated PC,
- Conduction heat loss,
- SDIWE-assisted adsorption,
- Wastewater purification

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