PMID- 38388055
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240222
IS  - 1879-1344 (Electronic)
IS  - 0144-8617 (Linking)
VI  - 331
DP  - 2024 May 1
TI  - Facile fabrication of 3D Janus foams of electrospun cellulose nanofibers/rGO for 
      high efficiency solar interface evaporation.
PG  - 121859
LID - S0144-8617(24)00085-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121859 [doi]
AB  - Solar-powered interfacial evaporation is one of the most efficient 
      state-of-the-art technologies for producing clean water via desalination. Herein, 
      we report a novel bio-based nanofibrous foam for high efficiency solar interface 
      evaporation. To this end, a hybrid membrane of cellulose nanofibers/graphene 
      oxide (GO) is first fabricated by electrospinning coupled with in situ 
      layer-by-layer self-assembly technique. After that, the membrane is subjected to 
      a foaming process in an aqueous NaBH(4), which effectively transforms the 2D 
      membrane into a 3D foam. This structure can improve the photothermal conversion 
      efficiency and also facilitate the water transport at the gas-water interface. In 
      the meantime, the GO is converted to the reduced GO (rGO) with a higher light 
      absorption efficiency(.) Finally, one side of the foam is hydrophobically 
      modified via spray-coating with a fluorocarbon resin (FR) to obtain the Janus 
      type 3D foam, namely FR@EC/rGO. The resultant 3D foam combines the functions of 
      solar energy absorption in the upper layer and water pumping capability in the 
      lower layer. It exhibits an extraordinary solar vapor conversion efficiency of 
      94.2 % and a fast evaporation rate of 1.83 kg m(-2) h(-1), showing high potential 
      in future seawater desalination.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sui, Zengyan
AU  - Sui Z
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
FAU - Xue, Xiaolin
AU  - Xue X
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
FAU - Wang, Qunhao
AU  - Wang Q
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
FAU - Li, Mei
AU  - Li M
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
FAU - Zou, Yuefei
AU  - Zou Y
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
FAU - Zhang, Wei
AU  - Zhang W
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Advanced Polymer Materials Research 
      Center of Sichuan University, Shishi 362700, China. Electronic address: 
      weizhang@scu.edu.cn.
FAU - Lu, Canhui
AU  - Lu C
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute 
      at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Advanced Polymer Materials Research 
      Center of Sichuan University, Shishi 362700, China. Electronic address: 
      canhuilu@scu.edu.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240126
PL  - England
TA  - Carbohydr Polym
JT  - Carbohydrate polymers
JID - 8307156
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cellulose nanofibers
OT  - Electrospinning
OT  - Foaming
OT  - Graphene
OT  - Seawater desalination
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2024/02/23 00:43
MHDA- 2024/02/23 00:44
CRDT- 2024/02/22 20:55
PHST- 2023/12/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/01/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/01/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/23 00:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/23 00:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/22 20:55 [entrez]
AID - S0144-8617(24)00085-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121859 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Carbohydr Polym. 2024 May 1;331:121859. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121859. Epub 
      2024 Jan 26.