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Band Gap Engineering in an Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation System.

Peijin Ying¹, Meng Li¹, Feilin Yu¹

¹MOE Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, CQU-NUS Renewable Energy Materials & Devices Joint Laboratory, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

|June 27, 2020

Summary

Researchers engineered titanium dioxide (TiO2) to improve solar-driven interfacial evaporation for clean water harvesting. Narrower band gaps enhance solar-thermal conversion efficiency, with Ti3+-doped TiO2 achieving the highest evaporation rate.

Keywords:

band gap engineering first-principles calculation photothermal materials pollutant degradation solar-driven interfacial evaporation

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Renewable Energy
Environmental Engineering

Background:

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is a promising technology for clean water production.
High solar-thermal conversion efficiency is crucial for optimizing evaporation systems.
Semiconductor materials are effective solar absorbers, but their band gap impact on evaporation is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the correlation between the electronic structure (band gap) of semiconductor solar absorbers and their performance in solar-driven interfacial evaporation.
To develop a reproducible method for fabricating band gap-engineered TiO2 for solar absorbers.
To optimize TiO2 for enhanced solar-thermal conversion efficiency and water production.

Main Methods:

Band gap engineering of TiO2 was performed, reducing it from 3.2 eV to 2.23 eV.
Correlative tests evaluated solar-driven interfacial evaporation performance.
First-principles calculations were used to study the electronic structure-performance relationship.

Main Results:

A narrower band gap in TiO2 was found to improve solar-thermal conversion efficiency.
Ti3+-doped TiO2 (Ti3+-TiO2) with a 2.23 eV band gap achieved the highest evaporation rate (1.20 kg m-2 h-1) and solar-thermal conversion efficiency (77.1%).
Ti3+-TiO2 also demonstrated effective photocatalytic degradation capabilities.

Conclusions:

Band gap engineering is a viable strategy to enhance the performance of semiconductor solar absorbers for interfacial evaporation.
Ti3+-doped TiO2 offers superior efficiency for solar water harvesting.
This research provides a pathway for designing advanced semiconductor materials for efficient clean water production.