{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Su Q"],"funding":["Jiangsu Provincial International Joint Laboratory of Optic/Electronic/Magnetic Functional Materials and Sensors","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Qing Lan Project of Yangzhou University and Jiangsu Province","Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province"],"pagination":["e05944"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12376629"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(30)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Enhancing interfacial evaporation rates and optimizing energy utilization remain critical challenges in solar-driven steam generation. Natural fiber@MXene-engineered chitosan aerogels with hierarchically oriented channels to achieve high-efficiency solar-driven steam generation are developed. The kapok fiber@MXene core-shell units (MKFs) construct photon-entrapping topological networks that enhance light absorption while simultaneously reinforcing the aerogel's structural integrity and durability for practical applications. The aerogel's oriented microchannels establish thermodynamic potential gradients, facilitating spontaneous capillary-driven water replenishment and environmental thermal harvesting. Both experimental results and COMSOL multiphysics simulations systematically demonstrate that hierarchical pore channels enhance water transport, improve solar-thermal/environmental energy synergy, and promote the downward diffusion of concentrated ions from the evaporation surface, achieving an evaporation rate up to 4.40 kg m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> with efficient salt rejection. Long-term outdoor tests with various corrosive wastewater solutions further validate the aerogel's durability in solar-driven interfacial evaporation. This study provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the interrelation between solar energy absorption, water transport, and salt diffusion in aerogel evaporators with hierarchical fiber-pore architectures."],"journal":["Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)"],"pubmed_title":["Natural Fiber@MXene-Engineered Chitosan Aerogels: Thermodynamic-Transport Synergy for Solar-Driven Hypersaline Interfacial Evaporation."],"pmcid":["PMC12376629"],"funding_grant_id":["52473049","BK20240934"],"pubmed_authors":["Ye L","Lu L","Tang L","Su Q","Feng Y","Gu W","Huang X","Gao J","Pan B","Hou S","Xue H","Wu H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Natural Fiber@MXene-Engineered Chitosan Aerogels: Thermodynamic-Transport Synergy for Solar-Driven Hypersaline Interfacial Evaporation.","description":"Enhancing interfacial evaporation rates and optimizing energy utilization remain critical challenges in solar-driven steam generation. Natural fiber@MXene-engineered chitosan aerogels with hierarchically oriented channels to achieve high-efficiency solar-driven steam generation are developed. The kapok fiber@MXene core-shell units (MKFs) construct photon-entrapping topological networks that enhance light absorption while simultaneously reinforcing the aerogel's structural integrity and durability for practical applications. The aerogel's oriented microchannels establish thermodynamic potential gradients, facilitating spontaneous capillary-driven water replenishment and environmental thermal harvesting. Both experimental results and COMSOL multiphysics simulations systematically demonstrate that hierarchical pore channels enhance water transport, improve solar-thermal/environmental energy synergy, and promote the downward diffusion of concentrated ions from the evaporation surface, achieving an evaporation rate up to 4.40 kg m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> with efficient salt rejection. Long-term outdoor tests with various corrosive wastewater solutions further validate the aerogel's durability in solar-driven interfacial evaporation. This study provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the interrelation between solar energy absorption, water transport, and salt diffusion in aerogel evaporators with hierarchical fiber-pore architectures.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Aug","modification":"2026-05-09T19:10:36.379Z","creation":"2026-04-08T01:10:51.395Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12376629","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40391819"],"doi":["10.1002/advs.202505944"]}}