Mineral Scaling in 3D Interfacial Solar Evaporators─A Challenge for Brine Treatment and Lithium Recovery.

ABSTRACT: In this work, we analyzed the effects of mineral scaling on the performance of a 3D interfacial solar evaporator, with a focus on the cations relevant to lithium recovery from brackish water. The field has been rapidly moving toward resource recovery applications from brines with higher cation concentrations. However, the potential complications caused by common minerals in these brines other than NaCl have been largely overlooked. Therefore, in this study, we thoroughly examined the effects of two common cations (calcium and magnesium) on the long-term solar evaporation performance of a 3D graphene oxide stalk. The 3D stalk can achieve an evaporation flux as high as 17.8 kg m^-2 h^-1 under one-sun illumination, and accumulation of NaCl on the stalk surface has no impac

SUBMITTER: Eskafi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11740997 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature