@article{Wang2018, 
author = {Minmin Wang and Jie Zhang and Ping Wang and Chuanping Li and Xiaolong Xu and Yongdong Jin},
title = {Bifunctional plasmonic colloidosome/graphene oxide-based floating membranes for recyclable high-efficiency solar-driven clean water generation},
year = {2018},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {11},
number = {7},
pages = {3854-3863},
keywords = {plasmonic, photothermal, recyclable, steam generation, dye degradation},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-017-1959-7},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-017-1959-7},
abstract = {Utilizing plasmonic nano-particles/structures for solar water evaporation has aroused increasing interest; however, large-scale methods are desired to boost the efficiency and improve the practicality of solar steam generation. We developed a membrane-supported floating solar steam generation system based on graphene oxide and a multiscale plasmonic nanostructure; the latter is a micrometer-sized colloidosome that was assembled from hollow and porous Ag/Au nanocubes. By taking advantage of multiscale plasmonic coupling of the particles, an extremely high solar thermal conversion efficiency up to 92% at 10 kW·m-2 (with a water evaporation rate reaching 12.96 kg·m-2·h-1) can be achieved. The TiO2 nanoparticle-modified floating system is also capable of high-efficiency dye degradation in organic-polluted water, rendering such a membrane system recyclable and scalable for practical and versatile solar-driven generation of clean water.}
}