Plasmonic heating from indium nanoparticles on a floating microporous membrane for enhanced solar seawater desalination

• Main Authors: Zhang, Lulu, Xing, Jun, Wen, Xinglin, Chai, Jianwei, Wang, Shijie, Xiong, Qihua
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Desalination; Microporous Membrane
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140466
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Passive solar evaporation represents a promising and environmentally benign method of water purification/desalination. Plasmonic nanoparticles have been demonstrated as an effective approach for enhancing solar steam generation through a plasmonic heating effect, nonetheless the efficiency is constr...