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  • Materials Science
  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Engineering

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  • Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is crucial for water treatment, with significant advancements in materials and evaporator designs.
  • The role of liquid transport kinetics in mediating solar interfacial evaporation performance remains poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how liquid transport kinetics influence solar interfacial evaporation.
  • To develop a novel bionic evaporator for enhanced solar-driven water evaporation.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a Crassula muscosa-inspired diode evaporator (CMIDE) with asymmetric ratchet structures.
  • Controlled liquid transport kinetics by adjusting structural parameters like reentrant angle and depth.
  • Evaluated evaporation rates under one-sun illumination and high-salinity conditions.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a stable evaporation rate of 2.45 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ under one-sun illumination.
  • Demonstrated precise control over liquid transport kinetics (spreading time, film thickness) influencing evaporation.
  • Maintained stable evaporation (1.96 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ for 20 wt% brine) with localized salt crystallization.

Conclusions:

  • Established a negative linear regulation mechanism between liquid transport kinetics and solar evaporation performance.
  • The CMIDE offers an effective bionic design strategy for regulating liquid transport and enhancing solar interfacial evaporation.
  • This approach shows promise for efficient solar-powered water treatment, including desalination.