A hydrophilic carbon foam/molybdenum disulfide composite as a self-floating solar evaporator.

ABSTRACT: Solar-driven interfacial evaporation has gained increasing attention as an emerging and sustainable technology for wastewater treatment and desalinization. The carbon/molybdenum disulfide (C/MoS₂) composite has attracted more attention due to its outstanding light absorption capability and optoelectronic properties as a solar steam generator. However, the hydrophobic nature of carbon and MoS₂-based materials hinders their wettability, which is crucial to the effective and facile operation of a solar generator of steam. Herein, a pH-controlled hydrothermal method was utilized to deposit a promising photothermal MoS₂ coating on melamine-derived carbon foams (CFs). The hydrophilic CF/MoS₂ composite, which can easily be floatable on the water surface

SUBMITTER: Mohseni Ahangar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9832982 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature