Solar evaporation for simultaneous oil-water separation and electricity generation with Janus wood-based absorbers  

作　　者：Yue Yang Ze Fu Qi Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse,School of Environmental and Biological Engineering,Nanjing University of Science&Technology,Nanjing 210094,China [2]Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering(Ministry of Education),School of Environmental Science and Technology,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,China [3]National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures,Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures,College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation(Ministry of Education),Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210093,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》2024年第2期13-23,共11页环境科学与工程前沿（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22106016);the Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M721556).

摘　　要：Oily wastewater from ocean oil spills endangers marine ecosystems and human health. Therefore, developing an effective and sustainable solution for separating oil-water mixtures is urgent. Interfacial solar photothermal evaporation is a promising approach for the complete separation of two-phase mixtures using only solar energy. Herein, we report a carbonized wood-based absorber with Janus structure of comprising a hydrophobic top-layer and an oleophobic bottom-layer for simultaneous solar-driven oil-water separation and electricity generation. Under sunlight irradiation, the rapid evaporation of seawater will induce a separation of oil-water mixtures, and cause a high salt concentration region underlying the interface, while the bottom “bulk water” maintains in a low salt concentration, thus forming a salinity gradient. Electricity can be generated by salinity gradient power. Therefore, oil-water separation efficiency of > 99% and derived extra electricity power of ~0.1 W/m2 is achieved under solar radiation, demonstrating the feasibility of oil-water separation and electricity production synchronously directly using solar energy. This work provides a green and cost-effective path for the separation of oil-water mixtures.

关 键 词：Oily wastewater Carbonized wood Salinity gradient Electricity generation Solar irradiation 

分 类 号：X703[环境科学与工程—环境工程]