A melanin-inspired robust aerogel for multifunctional water remediation

作者：Peng Yang, Wanjie Bai, Yuan Zou, Xueqian Zhang, Yiyan Yang, Gaigai Duan, Jinrong Wu, Yuanting Xu, Yiwen Li · 发表于：Materials Horizons · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1039/d2mh01474b · 被引用次数：95 · 研究领域：Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods、Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials、Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

with a 91% evaporation efficiency under 1 sun illumination, which can be reused for long-term water evaporation. Note that such a stable evaporation rate could be maintained even in wastewater containing complex multicomponent contaminants. Outdoor evaporation experiments for lotus pond wastewater under natural sunlight also proved its great potential in practical applications. All those promising features of this all-in-one melanin-inspired aerogel may provide new strategies for the development of robust photothermal devices for multifunctional solar-driven water remediation.