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  • Renewable Energy

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  • Solar-driven interfacial evaporation offers a sustainable path for water production.
  • Metal nanostructures can enhance photothermal conversion efficiency for evaporation systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To fabricate and optimize photothermal films using gold nanoshells for enhanced solar water evaporation.
  • To investigate the impact of nanoshell thickness and support layer properties on evaporation performance.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of bumpy gold nanoshells with controlled shell thicknesses (11.7 nm and 16.6 nm).
  • Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations to model optical absorption.
  • Three-phase self-assembly method for creating photothermal films.
  • Evaluation of evaporation rates on various support materials (PVDF, cellulose, PTFE).

Main Results:

  • Thinner gold nanoshells (11.7 nm) demonstrated higher absorption efficiency and photothermal conversion.
  • Photothermal films on PVDF membranes achieved the highest evaporation rate (1.067 kg m⁻² h⁻¹).
  • Optimized hydrophilicity and minimized heat convection on the PVDF support were crucial for performance.

Conclusions:

  • Nanostructure design, specifically nanoshell thickness, critically impacts solar evaporation efficiency.
  • Support layer engineering is vital for maximizing water production in solar desalination systems.
  • This study provides a strategy for developing highly efficient solar-driven water purification technologies.