Carbonized Tree-Like Furry Magnolia Fruit-Based Evaporator Replicating the Feat of Plant Transpiration.

ABSTRACT: It has long been an aspirational goal to create artificial evaporators that allow omnidirectional energy absorptance, adequate water supply, and fast vapor transportation, replicating the feat of plant transpiration, to solve the global water crisis. This work reveals that magnolia fruits, as a kind of tree-like living organism, can be outstanding 3D tree-like evaporators through a simple carbonization process. The arterial pumping, branched diffusion, and confined evaporation are achieved by the "trunk," "branches," and "leaves," respectively, of the mini tree. The mini tree possesses omnidirectional high light absorptance with minimized heat loss and gains energy from the environment. Water confined in the fruit possesses reduced vaporization enthalpy and transports quickly following the

SUBMITTER: Bian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777214 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature