{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["4(1)"],"submitter":["Wilson HM"],"pubmed_abstract":["Maximizing evaporation performance is crucial for advancing interfacial steam generation (ISG) systems, yet the potential of Joule heating for this remains underexplored. Here, we present a high-performance interfacial evaporator that leverages Joule heating-based evaporation to achieve very high water evaporation rates. The system integrates thiol-functionalized glassy carbon sponge with ultra-low electrical resistance ( ~ 0.75 Ω) to maximize joule heating. Under 1 sun illumination and a 37 W power input, the evaporator achieves an evaporation rate of ~205 kg m⁻²h⁻¹, reaching surface temperatures of 97 °C at the air-water interface. With 3.5 wt% saltwater, joule heating alone produces 11.86 kg m⁻²h⁻¹ , and combined solar (1sun)-electrothermal heating increases this to ~18 kg m⁻²h⁻¹. This "],"journal":["Communications engineering"],"pagination":["166"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12475105"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Engineering electrothermally enhanced interfacial evaporation for high-performance solar desalination."],"pmcid":["PMC12475105"],"pubmed_authors":["Lim HW","Lee SJ","Wilson HM","Pandit TP","Thirugnanasambantham AK","A R SR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Engineering electrothermally enhanced interfacial evaporation for high-performance solar desalination.","description":"Maximizing evaporation performance is crucial for advancing interfacial steam generation (ISG) systems, yet the potential of Joule heating for this remains underexplored. Here, we present a high-performance interfacial evaporator that leverages Joule heating-based evaporation to achieve very high water evaporation rates. The system integrates thiol-functionalized glassy carbon sponge with ultra-low electrical resistance ( ~ 0.75 Ω) to maximize joule heating. Under 1 sun illumination and a 37 W power input, the evaporator achieves an evaporation rate of ~205 kg m⁻²h⁻¹, reaching surface temperatures of 97 °C at the air-water interface. With 3.5 wt% saltwater, joule heating alone produces 11.86 kg m⁻²h⁻¹ , and combined solar (1sun)-electrothermal heating increases this to ~18 kg m⁻²h⁻¹. This ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-06-03T21:43:26.706Z","creation":"2026-05-02T03:07:56.679Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12475105","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41006778"],"doi":["10.1038/s44172-025-00498-z"]}}