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Nature‐Inspired Sustainable Cooling for Photovoltaics with Enhanced Temperature‐Salinity Dynamics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Addressing solar panel overheating, a nature‐inspired cooling system mimicking ocean currents is developed. A moisture‐absorbing solution layer uses sunlight, radiative cooling, and moisture processes to create temperature/salinity gradients, accelerating circulation. The prototype cools panels by up to 18.2 °C under sunlight, sustains cooling, rapidly
Fuxiang Li, Zengguang Sui, Haosheng Lin, Yunren Sui, Francesco Vanin, Chunlei Zhang, Zonglong Zhu, Wei Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tailoring the Properties of Functional Materials With N‐Oxides

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The properties of materials bearing N‐oxide groups are often dominated by the polar N+─O− bond. It provides hydrophilicity, selective ion‐binding, electric conductivity, or antifouling properties. Many of the underlying mechanisms have only recently been discovered, and the interest in N‐oxide materials is rapidly growing.
Timo Friedrich, Michelle Kobus, Shirin Mesgarha, Erica Moretto, Laurens Grosche, Wolfgang Maison   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Industrial Fieldbus Improvements in Power Distribution and Conducted Noise Immunity With No Extra Costs [PDF]

, 2011
Industrial distributed control continues the move toward networks at all levels. At lower levels, control networks provide flexibility, reliability, and low cost, although perhaps the simplest but most important advantage is the reduced volume of ...
Barbancho Concejero, Antonio, Larios Marín, Diego Francisco, Menéndez Martínez, Alberto, Personal Vázquez, Enrique   +3 more
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Metal-organic framework enables ultraselective polyamide membrane for desalination and water reuse

Science Advances, 2022
While reverse osmosis (RO) is the leading technology to address the global challenge of water scarcity through desalination and potable reuse of wastewater, current RO membranes fall short in rejecting certain harmful constituents from seawater (e.g ...
Y. Wen, Ruobin Dai, Xuesong Li, Xingran Zhang, Xingzhong Cao, Zhi-chao Wu, Shihong Lin, C. Tang, Zhiwei Wang   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nanomaterial‐Integrated Fiber Neural Probes for Deep Brain Monitoring and Modulation: Challenges and Opportunities

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The article presents nanomaterial‐integrated fiber neural probes as innovative tools for deep brain molecular sensing, neural stimulation, and temperature monitoring. It examines breakthroughs in SERS‐based biomolecule detection, thermoplasmonic activation, and luminescent thermometry, alongside strategies to overcome stability, specificity, and ...
Di Zheng, Yang Li, Muhammad Fayyaz Kashif, Linda Piscopo, Massimo De Vittorio, Ferruccio Pisanello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal and marine shell fouling in desalination plant equipment

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2019
The Saudi Arabian Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) aims to maintain an uninterrupted desalinated water output and has tasked its Desalination Technologies Research Institute (DTRI) with trouble-shooting operational problems and unusual events ...
Mohamed O. Saeed, Ghazzai F. Al-Otaibi, M. I. Mohamed Ershath   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Metrics for the Objective Assessment of Capacitive Deionization Systems [PDF]

, 2018
In the growing field of capacitive deionization (CDI), a number of performance metrics have emerged to describe the desalination process. Unfortunately, the separation conditions under which these metrics are measured are often not specified, resulting ...
Biesheuvel, P. M., Campbell, Patrick G., Hawks, Steven A., Porada, Slawomir, Ramachandran, Ashwin, Santiago, Juan G., Stadermann, Michael, Suss, Matthew E.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Innovations in Solar-Powered Desalination: A Comprehensive Review of Sustainable Solutions for Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Water
Water scarcity poses significant challenges in arid regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) due to constant population growth, considering the effects of climate change and water management aspects.
Mohammad Al-Addous, Mathhar Bdour, Shatha Rabaiah, A. Boubakri, Norman Schweimanns, Nesrine Barbana, Johannes Wellmann   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dual‐Phased Molybdenum Carbides Confined in MOF‐Derived Carbon Nanoframes Enhance Capacitive Desalination

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Dual‐phase MoC/Mo2C/CoNC nanoframes are synthesized via a MOF‐on‐MOF strategy, demonstrating a large salt adsorption capacity, a low energy consumption, and an excellent cycling stability. In situ/ex situ characterizations and DFT calculations reveal that the MoC/Mo2C dual phase transition facilitates Na+ adsorption/desorption, while interface‐induced ...
Feifei Pang, Bohan Liu, Jingyu Wu, Qian Yang, Zhichang Xiao, Ningzhao Shang, Xiaoxian Zhao, Yusuke Yamauchi, Shuaihua Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative Approaches to Solar Desalination: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Research

Energies, 2023
Solar desalination systems are a promising solution to the water scarcity problem since the majority of the earth’s water resources are salty. With the increasing focus on desalination research, many innovative methods are being developed to extract ...
Ahmed E. Abu El-Maaty, Mohamed M. Awad, Gamal I. Sultan, Ahmed M. Hamed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source