Design of Superhydrophobic CoFe₂O₄ Solar Seawater Desalination Device and Its Application in Organic Solvent Removal.

ABSTRACT: Environmental pollution and clean water production are challenges to the development of human society. In this paper, devices consisting of a superhydrophobic Ni-CoFe₂O₄ foam layer (floating layer), a hydrophilic channel and a superhydrophilic Ni-CoFe₂O₄ foam layer (photothermal conversion layer) were designed. The light energy was converted into heat on the photothermal layer, for which the hydrophilic channel provided a small amount of water. The superhydrophobic layer ensured the floating and selective adsorption of organic solvents on the water surface, whose contact angle reached 157°, and the steam production rate reached 1.68 kg·m^-2·h^-1. Finally, the LSV curve demonstrated that the Ni-CoFe₂O₄ foa

SUBMITTER: Ge X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9104273 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature