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2. Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation
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Wenbin Wang, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, Seunghyun Hong, Le Shi, Jian Chang, Renyuan Li, Yong Jin, Chisiang Ong, Sifei Zhuo, and Peng Wang
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Science - Abstract
The increasing demand for energy and clean water has become a grand global challenge. Here the authors develop a membrane-distillation device that exploits sunlight and the heat dissipated by an integrated solar cell unit, enabling simultaneous efficient production of electricity and drinkable water.
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- 2019
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3. Dual-template engineering of triple-layered nanoarray electrode of metal chalcogenides sandwiched with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne
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Sifei Zhuo, Yusuf Shi, Lingmei Liu, Renyuan Li, Le Shi, Dalaver H. Anjum, Yu Han, and Peng Wang
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Science - Abstract
Multi-shelled nanomaterials offer interesting electrochemical properties, but have been limited in composition. Here the authors use dual templating to integrate electroactive metal chalcogenide layers with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne, achieving electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution.
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- 2018
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4. Hierarchical Nanocapsules of Cu-Doped MoS2@H-Substituted Graphdiyne for Magnesium Storage
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Sifei Zhuo, Gang Huang, Rachid Sougrat, Jing Guo, Nini Wei, Le Shi, Renyuan Li, Hanfeng Liang, Yusuf Shi, Qiuyu Zhang, Peng Wang, and Husam N. Alshareef
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General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
5. Smart Sand by Surface Engineering: Toward Controllable Oil/Water Separation
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Chi Siang Ong, Peng Wang, Zeyad Ahmed, Yusuf Shi, Jian Chang, and Jiayin Yuan
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Engineering ,Petroleum engineering ,business.industry ,General Chemical Engineering ,Separation (aeronautics) ,Oil water ,General Chemistry ,Surface engineering ,business ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Abstract
We would like to thank the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Saudi Aramco for generous funding to support this project (RGC/3/3577-01-01).
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- 2021
6. Solar Seawater Distillation by Flexible and Fully Passive Multistage Membrane Distillation
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Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Sara Aleid, Wenbin Wang, Mengchun Wu, Chenlin Zhang, Sifei Zhuo, and Renyuan Li
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Evaporation ,Bioengineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Membrane distillation ,Water Purification ,law.invention ,law ,Latent heat ,Seawater ,General Materials Science ,Process engineering ,Distillation ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Condensation ,Water ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Brine ,Sunlight ,Environmental science ,Siphon ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Solar-assisted distillation is considered promising to solve the freshwater supply for off-grid communities. In this work, a passive and flexible multistage membrane distillation (F-MSMD) device is devised to produce freshwater via solar distillation with the latent heat of vapor condensation being recycled to enhance its energy efficiency. By designing a siphon effect, source water is continuously wicked into the evaporation layer and the concentrated brine flows out of the device before reaching saturation, which successfully solves the otherwise challenge of salt accumulation inside the device. To achieve such siphon flow, the recycled paper is prepared from spent copy paper and used as the evaporation layer for efficient water delivery owing to its large pore size and high hydrophilicity. An eight-stage F-MSMD device exhibits a stable clean water production rate at 3.61 kg m-2 h-1 in the newly designed siphon-flow mode. This work provides a green route for designing a solar-assisted distillation device.
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- 2021
7. Real-Time Personal Fever Alert Monitoring by Wearable Detector Based on Thermoresponsive Hydrogel
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Wenbin Wang, Renyuan Li, Hepeng Zhang, Mengchun Wu, Sifei Zhuo, Fang Chen, Jingjing Zhou, Yusuf Shi, Chen Wu, Chenlin Zhang, Kai Zhu, and Peng Wang
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Color transition ,Polymers and Plastics ,Computer science ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Organic Chemistry ,Detector ,Real-time computing ,Pandemic ,Wearable computer ,Mass scale ,Individual level ,Highly sensitive - Abstract
Quick fever screening at a mass scale is proven effective during a pandemic to single out the ones with suspected symptoms of infectious diseases. However, achieving affordable and real-time fever alert at an individual level, although more preferable, remains elusive. Herein, we report an inexpensive and highly sensitive fever detector, which possesses a sharp color transition temperature window tailor-tuned for fever screening. The sensing component of the detector is rationally designed thermoresponsive agarose@poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylamide hydrogel. The hydrogel turns from transparent to opaque white when its temperature is higher than its cloud point. As a proof of concept of its practical applicability, a wearable fever monitoring device was fabricated in the form of a wristband. When the wrist temperature is higher than the threshold of a human fever, the device shows a remarkable color change, alerting an elevated body temperature. The wearable detector provides a promising strategy for real-time fever alert monitoring and is capable of making contributions to inhibit the spread of infectious diseases during a pandemic.
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- 2021
8. Designing a next generation solar crystallizer for real seawater brine treatment with zero liquid discharge
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Renyuan Li, Yusuf Shi, Seunghyun Hong, Peng Wang, Hongxia Li, Le Shi, Sifei Zhuo, TieJun Zhang, and Chenlin Zhang
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Seawater reverse osmosis ,Solar thermal energy ,Multidisciplinary ,Waste management ,Science ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010501 environmental sciences ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Zero liquid discharge ,Article ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,law.invention ,Brining ,law ,Environmental science ,Seawater ,Civil engineering ,Crystallization ,0210 nano-technology ,Salt crystallization ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Proper disposal of industrial brine has been a critical environmental challenge. Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) brine treatment holds great promise to the brine disposal, but its application is limited by the intensive energy consumption of its crystallization process. Here we propose a new strategy that employs an advanced solar crystallizer coupled with a salt crystallization inhibitor to eliminate highly concentrated waste brine. The rationally designed solar crystallizer exhibited a high water evaporation rate of 2.42 kg m−2 h−1 under one sun illumination when treating real concentrated seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) brine (21.6 wt%). The solar crystallizer array showed an even higher water evaporation rate of 48.0 kg m−2 per day in the outdoor field test, suggesting a great potential for practical application. The solar crystallizer design and the salt crystallization inhibition strategy proposed and confirmed in this work provide a low-cost and sustainable solution for industrial brine disposal with ZLD., Proper disposal of industrial brine remains a critical environmental challenge. Here, the authors devise a solar crystallizer and propose a salt crystallization inhibition strategy, which together provide a low-cost and sustainable solution for industrial brine disposal with zero liquid discharge.
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- 2021
9. Hybrid water vapor sorbent design with pollution shielding properties: extracting clean water from polluted bulk water sources
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Sara Aleid, Peng Wang, Wenbin Wang, Chenlin Zhang, Yusuf Shi, Renyuan Li, and Mengchun Wu
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Pollutant ,Pollution ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Environmental engineering ,Water supply ,Water extraction ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010501 environmental sciences ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Rainwater harvesting ,Water resources ,Wastewater ,Environmental science ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Water vapor ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common - Abstract
The shortage and contamination of local water resources have long been a challenge especially for off-grid communities without centralized water supply. The emerging solar photothermal distillation lacks the capability of handling polluted source water with a wide range of common environmental pollutants. Based on water vapor harvesting, this work reports a Simple Water Extraction Apparatus with Pollutant Shielding (SWEAPS) design which is able to efficiently produce clean water from various polluted liquid water sources and the atmosphere. SWEAPS is fabricated by encapsulating a water vapor sorbent by an omniphobic fabric. The omniphobicity of the encapsulation fabric endows SWEAPS with self-floating capability and the ability to screen out the contaminants in the source water. The self-floating properties of SWEAPS allow it to harvest clean water vapor right above the source-water–air interface where the relative humidity is close to 100%, leading to its much higher water harvesting capacity than that of the same material harvesting water vapor from the ambient atmosphere. Due to the chemical and physical stability, anti-bacterial, pollution and corrosion shielding effects of SWEAPS, it is demonstrated to produce clean water meeting the WHO drinking water standard from various polluted water resources, such as seawater, contaminated water, and amazingly untreated real domestic wastewater. SWEAPS has the potential to produce clean water for point of consumption at a decentralized scale and thus to improve the quality of life for those who need water most.
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- 2021
10. Metal- and halide-free, solid-state polymeric water vapor sorbents for efficient water-sorption-driven cooling and atmospheric water harvesting
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Renyuan Li, Mustafa Altunkaya, Chenlin Zhang, Mengchun Wu, Sara Aleid, Yusuf Shi, Wenbin Wang, and Peng Wang
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Materials science ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Halide ,Polymer ,Chloride ,Oxalate ,Metal ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chemical engineering ,Polymerization ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,medicine ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Porosity ,Water vapor ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Metal- and halide-free, solid-state water vapor sorbents are highly desirable for water-sorption-based applications, because most of the solid sorbents suffer from low water sorption capacity caused by their rigid porosity, while the liquid sorbents are limited by their fluidity and strong corrosivity, which is caused by the halide ions. Herein, we report a novel type of highly efficient and benign polymeric sorbent, which contains no metal or halide, and has an expandable solid state when wet. A group of sorbents are synthesized by polymerizing and crosslinking the metal-free quaternary ammonium monomers followed by an ion-exchange process to replace chloride anions with benign-anions, including acetate, oxalate, and citrate. They show significantly reduced corrosivity and improved water sorption capacity. Importantly, the water sorption capacity of the acetate paired hydrogel is among the best of the literature reported hygroscopic polymers in their pure form, even though the hydrogel is crosslinked. The hydrogel-based sorbents are further used for water-sorption-driven cooling and atmospheric water harvesting applications, which show improved coefficient of performance (COP) and high freshwater production rate, respectively. The results of this work would inspire more research interest in developing better water sorbents and potentially broaden the application horizon of water-sorption-based processes towards the water-energy nexus.
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- 2021
11. Photovoltaic panel cooling by atmospheric water sorption–evaporation cycle
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Renyuan Li, Peng Wang, Yusuf Shi, Seunghyun Hong, and Mengchun Wu
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Global and Planetary Change ,Ecology ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Photovoltaic system ,Evaporation ,Environmental engineering ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Solar energy ,Urban Studies ,Electricity generation ,Heat generation ,Water cooling ,Environmental science ,business ,Solar power ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Food Science ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
More than 600 GW of photovoltaic panels are currently installed worldwide, with the predicted total capacity increasing very rapidly every year. One essential issue in photovoltaic conversion is the massive heat generation of photovoltaic panels under sunlight, which represents 75–96% of the total absorbed solar energy and thus greatly increases the temperature and decreases the energy efficiency and lifetime of photovoltaic panels. In this report we demonstrate a new and versatile photovoltaic panel cooling strategy that employs a sorption-based atmospheric water harvester as an effective cooling component. The atmospheric water harvester photovoltaic cooling system provides an average cooling power of 295 W m–2 and lowers the temperature of a photovoltaic panel by at least 10 °C under 1.0 kW m–2 solar irradiation in laboratory conditions. It delivered a 13–19% increase in electricity generation in a commercial photovoltaic panel in outdoor field tests conducted in the winter and summer in Saudi Arabia. The atmospheric water harvester based photovoltaic panel cooling strategy has little geographical constraint in terms of its application and has the potential to improve the electricity production of existing and future photovoltaic plants, which can be directly translated into less CO2 emission or less land occupation by photovoltaic panels. As solar power is taking centre stage in the global fight against climate change, atmospheric water harvester based cooling represents an important step toward sustainability. Photovoltaic panel conversion generates heat that reduces the energy efficiency and lifetime of the panel. A photovoltaic panel cooling strategy by a sorption-based atmospheric water harvester is shown to improve the productivity of electricity generation with important sustainability advantages.
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- 2020
12. Hollow spherical SiO2 micro-container encapsulation of LiCl for high-performance simultaneous heat reallocation and seawater desalination
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Yusuf Shi, Mengchun Wu, Peng Wang, Yong Jin, Kaijie Yang, Kim Choon Ng, Renyuan Li, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, and Wenbin Wang
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Sorbent ,Materials science ,H600 ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Sorption ,H800 ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Coefficient of performance ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Solar energy ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Chemical engineering ,General Materials Science ,Seawater ,Relative humidity ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Energy source ,Water vapor - Abstract
Energy & fresh water have both become scarce resources in the modern era of human society. Sorption-based technology is environmentally friendly and energy-efficient and can be driven by low-grade energy to transfer energy and produce fresh water. Here, we report a solid sorbent fabricated by encapsulating a hygroscopic salt, lithium chloride (LiCl), inside micro-sized hollow-structured SiO2. This composite sorbent (LiCl@HS) exhibits 6 times faster water vapor sorption kinetics than pure LiCl and a water vapor sorption capacity of 1.7 kg kg-1 at a relative humidity (RH) of 50%, which is the highest ever reported for any solid sorbent in the literature. The low regeneration temperature (
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- 2020
13. Distinct Stage-Wise Environmental Energy Harvesting Behaviors within Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation Coupled with Convective Airflow
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Chenlin Zhang, Yusuf Shi, Wenbin Wang, Hongxia Li, Renyuan Li, Seunghyun Hong, and Peng Wang
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History ,Polymers and Plastics ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Business and International Management ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Published
- 2022
14. Two-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene Membranes as Nanofluidic Osmotic Power Generators
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Renyuan Li, Husam N. Alshareef, Peng Wang, Fangwang Ming, Chuyang Y. Tang, In S. Kim, Yusuf Shi, and Seunghyun Hong
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Chemical substance ,Materials science ,Energy conversion efficiency ,General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Membrane ,Chemical engineering ,Osmotic power ,Energy transformation ,General Materials Science ,Lamellar structure ,Surface charge ,0210 nano-technology ,Power density - Abstract
Salinity-gradient is emerging as one of the promising renewable energy sources but its energy conversion is severely limited by unsatisfactory performance of available semipermeable membranes. Recently, nanoconfined channels, as osmotic conduits, have shown superior energy conversion performance to conventional technologies. Here, ion selective nanochannels in lamellar Ti3C2Tx MXene membranes are reported for efficient osmotic power harvesting. These subnanometer channels in the Ti3C2Tx membranes enable cation-selective passage, assisted with tailored surface terminal groups, under salinity gradient. A record-high output power density of 21 W·m-2 at room temperature with an energy conversion efficiency of up to 40.6% is achieved by controlled surface charges at a 1000-fold salinity gradient. In addition, due to thermal regulation of surface charges and ionic mobility, the MXene membrane produces a large thermal enhancement at 331 K, yielding a power density of up to 54 W·m-2. The MXene lamellar structure, coupled with its scalability and chemical tunability, may be an important platform for high-performance osmotic power generators.
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- 2019
15. Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation
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Chi Siang Ong, Seunghyun Hong, Le Shi, Peng Wang, Wenbin Wang, Chenlin Zhang, Renyuan Li, Yong Jin, Sifei Zhuo, Yusuf Shi, and Jian Chang
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0301 basic medicine ,Energy storage ,Power station ,Science ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,Membrane distillation ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Article ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,law ,Latent heat ,Solar cell ,lcsh:Science ,Distillation ,Multidisciplinary ,Waste management ,business.industry ,Energy harvesting ,Photovoltaic system ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,030104 developmental biology ,Electricity generation ,Environmental science ,lcsh:Q ,Electricity ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
The energy shortage and clean water scarcity are two key challenges for global sustainable development. Near half of the total global water withdrawals is consumed by power generation plants while water desalination consumes lots of electricity. Here, we demonstrate a photovoltaics-membrane distillation (PV-MD) device that can stably produce clean water (>1.64 kg·m−2·h−1) from seawater while simultaneously having uncompromised electricity generation performance (>11%) under one Sun irradiation. Its high clean water production rate is realized by constructing multi stage membrane distillation (MSMD) device at the backside of the solar cell to recycle the latent heat of water vapor condensation in each distillation stage. This composite device can significantly reduce capital investment costs by sharing the same land and the same mounting system and thus represents a potential possibility to transform an electricity power plant from otherwise a water consumer to a fresh water producer., The increasing demand for energy and clean water has become a grand global challenge. Here the authors develop a membrane-distillation device that exploits sunlight and the heat dissipated by an integrated solar cell unit, enabling simultaneous efficient production of electricity and drinkable water.
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- 2019
16. Multi-functional 3D honeycomb ceramic plate for clean water production by heterogeneous photo-Fenton reaction and solar-driven water evaporation
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Chenlin Zhang, Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Yara Aldrees, Le Shi, Sifei Zhuo, and Sara Aleid
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Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Evaporation ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,law.invention ,Honeycomb structure ,Chemical engineering ,Coating ,law ,Mass transfer ,Scientific method ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,0210 nano-technology ,Distillation ,Layer (electronics) - Abstract
The application of solar-driven water evaporation process in clean water production via solar distillation is recently intensively investigated. The phase change and mass transfer processes during the solar-driven water evaporation process can directly leave behind the salts, heavy metals, organic dyes, etc and simultaneously produce the clean water vapor. However, if the water source is contaminated by volatile organic compounds (VOCs), solar-driven water evaporation may accelerate VOCs volatile and enrich them in the condensate. In this work, the enrichment of VOCs in distillate water was first demonstrated and a multi-functional honeycomb ceramic plate was fabricated by coating a layer of CuFeMnO4 on the surface of a cordierite honeycomb ceramic substrate. The honeycomb structure was beneficial for light trapping and energy recycling and thus to improve the solar-to-water evaporation efficiency. The CuFeMnO4 coating layer acted as both the photothermal material for solar-driven water evaporation process and the catalyst for VOCs removal via heterogeneous photon-Fenton reaction. With the integration of photo-Fenton reaction into the solar distillation process, the clean distillate water was produced with efficient removal of the potential VOCs from the contaminated water sources.
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- 2019
17. Polydopamine as a Versatile Adhesive Layer for Robust Fabrication of Smart Surface with Switchable Wettability for Effective Oil/Water Separation
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Chi Siang Ong, Fadhilah Alduraiei, Jian Chang, Zeyad Ahmed, Yusuf Shi, and Peng Wang
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Fabrication ,Materials science ,General Chemical Engineering ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Smart material ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,020401 chemical engineering ,Oil water ,Adhesive ,Wetting ,0204 chemical engineering ,Oily wastewater ,0210 nano-technology ,Layer (electronics) - Abstract
A smart material with switchable surface wettability is highly desired for the practical application in removing oil from oily wastewater. In this work, we developed a robust and simple method to f...
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- 2019
18. Solar Evaporator with Controlled Salt Precipitation for Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination
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Jian Chang, Yusuf Shi, Chi Siang Ong, Sifei Zhuo, Chenlin Zhang, Seunghyun Hong, Yong Jin, Renyuan Li, Le Shi, and Peng Wang
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Salinity ,High energy ,Origin of water on Earth ,Environmental engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Sodium Chloride ,Wastewater ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Zero liquid discharge ,Desalination ,Water Purification ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Brine ,law ,Sunlight ,Environmental Chemistry ,Environmental science ,0210 nano-technology ,Energy source ,Distillation ,Evaporator - Abstract
A sustainable supply of clean water is essential for the development of modern society, which has become increasingly dependent on desalination technology since 96.5% of the water on Earth is salt water. Thousands of desalination plants are producing massive waste brine as byproduct, and the direct discharge of brine raises serious concerns about its ecological impact. The concept of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) desalination is regarded as the solution, but the current ZLD technologies are hampered by their intensive use of energy and high cost. In this work, a 3D cup shaped solar evaporator was fabricated to achieve ZLD desalination with high energy efficiency via solar distillation. It produces solid salt as the only byproduct and uses sunlight as the only energy source. By rationally separating the light absorbing surface from the salt precipitation surface, the light absorption of the 3D solar evaporator is no longer affected by the salt crust layer as in conventional 2D solar evaporators. Therefore, it can be operated at an extremely high salt concentration of 25 wt % without noticeable water evaporation rate decay in at least 120 h. This new solar evaporator design concept offers a promising technology especially for high salinity brine treatment in desalination plants to achieve greener ZLD desalination as well as for hypersaline industrial wastewater treatment.
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- 2018
19. Nature-Inspired, 3D Origami Solar Steam Generator toward Near Full Utilization of Solar Energy
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Peng Wang, Yong Jin, Yusuf Shi, Seunghyun Hong, Renyuan Li, and Chenlin Zhang
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Materials science ,Global challenges ,Convective heat transfer ,Graphene ,business.industry ,Boiler (power generation) ,02 engineering and technology ,Carbon nanotube ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Solar energy ,01 natural sciences ,Engineering physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,law ,Physics::Space Physics ,Radiative transfer ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,General Materials Science ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Nature inspired ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Solar steam generation, due to its capability of producing clean water directly by solar energy, is emerging as a promising eco-friendly and energy-efficient technology to address global challenges of water crisis and energy shortage. Although diverse materials and architectures have been explored to improve solar energy utilization, high efficiency in solar steam generation could be accomplished only with external optical and thermal management. For the first time, we report a deployable, three-dimensional (3D) origami-based solar steam generator capable of near full utilization of solar energy. This auxetic platform is designed based on Miura-ori tessellation and is able to efficiently recover radiative and convective heat loss as well as to trap solar energy via its periodic concavity pattern. The 3D solar steam generator device with a nanocarbon composite of graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes being photothermal component in this work shows a very strong dependence between its solar energy efficiency and surface areal density. The device yields an extraordinary solar energy efficiency close to 100% under 1 sun illumination at a highly folded configuration. The 3D origami device can withstand a great number of folding and unfolding cycles and shows unimpaired solar steam generation performances. The unique structural feature of the 3D origami structure offers a new insight into the future development of highly efficient and easily deployable solar steam generator.
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- 2018
20. Dual-template engineering of triple-layered nanoarray electrode of metal chalcogenides sandwiched with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne
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Peng Wang, Yusuf Shi, Le Shi, Dalaver H. Anjum, Renyuan Li, Sifei Zhuo, Yu Han, and Lingmei Liu
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Nanotube ,Nickel sulfide ,Materials science ,Chalcogenide ,Science ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Electrocatalyst ,01 natural sciences ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Article ,Nanomaterials ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,lcsh:Science ,Molybdenum disulfide ,Multidisciplinary ,General Chemistry ,Microporous material ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Cobalt sulfide ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,lcsh:Q ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Hybrid nanostructures integrating electroactive materials with functional species, such as metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, graphdiyne etc., are of significance for both fundamental research and energy conversion/storage applications. Here, hierarchical triple-layered nanotube arrays, which consist of hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne frameworks seamlessly sandwiched between an outer layer of nickel–cobalt co-doped molybdenum disulfide nanosheets and an inner layer of mixed cobalt sulfide and nickel sulfide (Co9S8/Ni3S2), are directly fabricated on conductive carbon paper. The elaborate triple-layered structure emerges as a useful hybrid electrode for energy conversion and storage, in which the organic hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne middle layer, with an extended π-conjugated system between the electroactive nanomaterials, provides built-in electron and ion channels that are crucial for performance enhancement. This dual-template synthetic method, which makes use of microporous organic networks to confine a self-template, is shown to be versatile and thus provides a promising platform for advanced nanostructure-engineering of hierarchical multi-layered nanostructures towards a wide range of electrochemical applications., Multi-shelled nanomaterials offer interesting electrochemical properties, but have been limited in composition. Here the authors use dual templating to integrate electroactive metal chalcogenide layers with hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne, achieving electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution.
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- 2018
21. A 3D Photothermal Structure toward Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation
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Sifei Zhuo, Yusuf Shi, Seunghyun Hong, Yong Jin, Le Shi, Jian Chang, Peng Wang, Renyuan Li, and Kim Choon Ng
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Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,Oxide ,02 engineering and technology ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Engineering physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,General Energy ,chemistry ,Thermal radiation ,Thermal stability ,Diffuse reflection ,0210 nano-technology ,Evaporator ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
Summary The energy efficiency in solar steam generation by 2D photothermal materials has approached its limit. In this work, we fabricated 3D cylindrical cup-shaped structures of mixed metal oxide as solar evaporator, and the 3D structure led to a high energy efficiency close to 100% under one-sun illumination due to the capability of the cup wall to recover the diffuse reflectance and thermal radiation heat loss from the 2D cup bottom. Additional heat was gained from the ambient air when the 3D structure was exposed under one-sun illumination, leading to an extremely high steam generation rate of 2.04 kg m −2 h −1 . The 3D structure has a high thermal stability and shows great promise in practical applications including domestic wastewater volume reduction and seawater desalination. The results of this work inspire further research efforts to use 3D photothermal structures to break through the energy efficiency limit of 2D photothermal materials.
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- 2018
22. SiC–C Composite as a Highly Stable and Easily Regenerable Photothermal Material for Practical Water Evaporation
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Chenlin Zhang, Yong Jin, Le Shi, Elaf Ahmed, Noor A. Zaouri, Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Sifei Zhuo, Renyuan Li, and Jian Chang
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Materials science ,Fouling ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,General Chemical Engineering ,Composite number ,Energy conversion efficiency ,Evaporation ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Environmental Chemistry ,Water treatment ,Thermal stability ,Monolith ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Solar-driven water distillation by photothermal materials is emerging as a promising way of renewable energy-driven clean water production. In designing photothermal materials, light absorption, photo-to-thermal conversion efficiency, and ability to localize thermal energy at the water–air interface are three important considerations. However, one additional consideration, regenerability, has so far slipped out of the photothermal material designs at status quo. This work reveals that there is a fouling layer formed during photothermal evaporation of real seawater (Red Sea water) and domestic wastewater, which once formed would be difficult to remove. Herein, we synthesize a SiC–C composite monolith as an effective photothermal material where carbon acts as photothermal component and SiC serves as a heat conductor and strong structural support. The high mechanical strength of the monolithic composite makes it able to withstand repeatedly high strength physical cleaning by brush scrubbing and sonication, a...
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- 2018
23. A highly flexible and washable nonwoven photothermal cloth for efficient and practical solar steam generation
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Yong Jin, Le Shi, Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Seunghyun Hong, and Jian Chang
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Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Evaporation ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanoparticle ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Solar energy ,01 natural sciences ,Electrospinning ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,law ,Nanofiber ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Carbon ,Distillation - Abstract
Solar-driven water evaporation is emerging as a promising solar-energy utilization process. In the present work, a highly stable, flexible and washable nonwoven photothermal cloth is prepared by electrospinning for efficient and durable solar steam evaporation. The cloth is composed of polymeric nanofibers as the matrix and inorganic carbon black nanoparticles encapsulated inside the matrix as light absorbing components. The photothermal cloth with an optimized carbon loading shows desirable underwater black properties, absorbing 94% of the solar spectrum and giving rise to a state-of-the-art solar energy utilization efficiency of 83% during the pure water evaporation process. Owing to its compositions and special structural design, the cloth possesses anti-photothermal-component-loss properties and is highly flexible, mechanically strong, and chemically stable in various harsh environments such as strong acid, alkalis, organic solvents and salty water. It can be hand-washed more than 100 times without degrading its performance and thus offers a potential mechanism for foulant cleaning during practical solar steam generation and distillation processes. The results of this work stimulate more research in durable photothermal materials aiming at real world applications.
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- 2018
24. Solar-assisted fast cleanup of heavy oil spills using a photothermal sponge
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Renyuan Li, Weihua Qing, Mengchun Wu, Jian Chang, Chuyang Y. Tang, Yusuf Shi, Yong Jin, Le Shi, and Peng Wang
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Sorbent ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Photothermal effect ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Solar energy ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Viscosity ,Chemical engineering ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Porosity ,Energy source ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,business - Abstract
Rapid cleanup of heavy oil spills is always considered a great challenge because conventional porous oil sorbents cannot efficiently remove them due to the high viscosity of heavy oil (>103 mPa s). In this work, we take advantage of the photothermal effect to heat heavy oil by using sunlight as the energy source to significantly reduce its viscosity and thus to achieve a fast heavy oil cleanup. A carbon nanotube (CNT) modified polyurethane sponge was fabricated as a photothermal sorbent that exhibited superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity, as well as outstanding absorption capacity for heavy oil. Thanks to the excellent photothermal effect of CNTs, the modified sponge achieved nearly full sunlight absorption (99%). The resulting solar heating effectively reduced the viscosity of the heavy oil, which enabled the modified sponge to quickly absorb 20 times its own weight of heavy oil under sun illumination. This solar-assisted heavy oil sorbent design is promising for future remediation of viscous oil-spills.
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- 2018
25. Hierarchical Nanocapsules of Cu-Doped MoS2@H-Substituted Graphdiyne for Magnesium Storage.
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Sifei Zhuo, Gang Huang, Sougrat, Rachid, Jing Guo, Nini Wei, Le Shi, Renyuan Li, Hanfeng Liang, Yusuf Shi, Qiuyu Zhang, Peng Wang, and Alshareef, Husam N.
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- 2022
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26. Two-Dimensional Ti
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Seunghyun, Hong, Fangwang, Ming, Yusuf, Shi, Renyuan, Li, In S, Kim, Chuyang Y, Tang, Husam N, Alshareef, and Peng, Wang
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Salinity-gradient is emerging as one of the promising renewable energy sources but its energy conversion is severely limited by unsatisfactory performance of available semipermeable membranes. Recently, nanoconfined channels, as osmotic conduits, have shown superior energy conversion performance to conventional technologies. Here, ion selective nanochannels in lamellar Ti
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- 2019
27. Smart Sand by Surface Engineering: Toward Controllable Oil/Water Separation.
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Jian Chang, Chisiang Ong, Yusuf Shi, Jiayin Yuan, Zeyad Ahmed, and Peng Wang
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- 2021
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28. An Integrated Photocatalytic and Photothermal Process for Solar‐Driven Efficient Purification of Complex Contaminated Water
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Sifei Zhuo, Yusuf Shi, Le Shi, Wenbin Wang, Peng Wang, Renyuan Li, and Chenlin Zhang
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business.industry ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Reuse ,Photothermal therapy ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS ,Contaminated water ,General Energy ,Scientific method ,Photocatalysis ,Environmental science ,0210 nano-technology ,Process engineering ,business ,Science, technology and society ,Water desalination ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
This project is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Center Applied Research Fund (CAF) awarded to the Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC).
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- 2020
29. Improving atmospheric water production yield: Enabling multiple water harvesting cycles with nano sorbent
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Renyuan Li, Yusuf Shi, Seunghyun Hong, Mengchun Wu, and Peng Wang
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Materials science ,Sorbent ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Environmental engineering ,Sorption ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Rainwater harvesting ,Atmospheric water generator ,Yield (chemistry) ,Desorption ,Nano ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,0210 nano-technology ,Water vapor - Abstract
Clean water shortage has long been a challenge in remote and landlocked communities especially for the impoverished. Atmospheric water is now considered as an unconventional but accessible fresh water source and sorption-based atmospheric water generator (AWG) has been successfully demonstrated a reliable way of harvesting atmospheric water. The water vapor sorbents with high water uptake capacity and especially fast vapor sorption/desorption kinetics have become the bottleneck to a desirable clean water productivity in AWG. In this work, we developed a new nano vapor sorbent composed of a nano carbon hollow capsule with LiCl inside the void core. The sorbent can capture water vapor from ambient air as much as 100% of its own weight under RH 60% within 3 h and quickly release the sorbed water within just half hour under 1 kW/m2 sunlight irradiation. A batch-mode AWG device was able to conduct 3 sorption/desorption cycles within 10 h during one day test in the outdoor condition and produced 1.6 kgwater/kgsorbent. A prototype of continuous AWG device was designed, fabricated, and successfully demonstrated, hinting a possible way of large-scale deployment of AWG for practical purposes.
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- 2020
30. Spectrally Selective Smart Window with High Near-Infrared Light Shielding and Controllable Visible Light Transmittance
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Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Renyuan Li, and Mengchun Wu
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Photothermal effect ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Tungsten ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Optical switch ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Electromagnetic shielding ,Transmittance ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Irradiation ,0210 nano-technology ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,business ,Visible spectrum - Abstract
Smart windows with high near-infrared (NIR) light shielding and controllable visible light transmittance are highly sought after for cooling energy saving in buildings. Herein, we present a rationally designed spectrally selective smart window which is capable of shielding 96.2% of the NIR irradiation from 800 to 2500 nm and at the same time permitting acceptable visible light (78.2% before and 45.3% after its optical switching) for indoor daylighting. The smart window synergistically integrates the highly selective and effective NIR absorption based photothermal conversion of cesium tungsten bronze (CsxWO3) with the transparent thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgel–polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogel. Optical switching of the smart window is a direct result of the phase transition of PAM–PNIPAM hydrogel, which in turn is induced by the photothermal effect of CsxWO3 under sunlight irradiation. The smart window exhibits fast optical switching, shows long-term operational stability, and ...
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- 2018
31. Hybrid Hydrogel with High Water Vapor Harvesting Capacity for Deployable Solar-Driven Atmospheric Water Generator
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Le Shi, Mengchun Wu, Yusuf Shi, Mossab K. Alsaedi, Renyuan Li, and Peng Wang
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Sorbent ,Atmosphere ,Photothermal effect ,Environmental engineering ,Humidity ,Water ,Hydrogels ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Atmospheric water generator ,Steam ,Self-healing hydrogels ,Sunlight ,Environmental Chemistry ,Environmental science ,0210 nano-technology ,Water vapor - Abstract
The Earth's atmosphere holds approximately 12 900 billion tons of fresh water distributed all over the world with fast replenishment. Atmospheric water harvesting is emerging as a promising strategy for clean water production in arid regions, land-locked areas, and remote communities. The water vapor sorbent is the key component for atmospheric water harvesting devices based on absorbing-releasing process. In this work, a flexible hybrid photothermal water sorbent composed of deliquescent salt and hydrogel was rationally fabricated. It possesses superior water sorption capacity even in low humidity air thanks to the deliquescent salt and maintains a solid form after it sorbs a large amount of water owing to the hydrogel platform. The harvested water could be easily released under regular sunlight via the photothermal effect, and it can be directly reused without noticeable capacity fading. An "easy-to-assemble-at-household" prototype device with 35 g of the dry hydrogel was tested outdoors under field conditions and delivered 20 g of fresh water within 2.5 h under natural sunlight. It is estimated that the material cost of making such a device to supply minimum daily water consumption for an adult (i.e., 3 kg) is only $3.20 (USD). This type of atmospheric water generator (AWG) is cheap and affordable, works perfectly with a broad range of humidity, does not need any electricity, and thus is especially suitable for clean water production in remote areas.
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- 2018
32. Tuning substrate geometry for enhancing water condensation
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Noreddine Ghaffour, Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Yong Jin, and Mohammed Albaity
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Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases ,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Materials science ,Condensed Matter::Other ,Mechanical Engineering ,Condensation ,Geometry ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Water collection ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Phase change ,0103 physical sciences ,Substrate specificity ,0210 nano-technology ,Water desalination ,Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - Abstract
Water condensation is an important phase change phenomenon whose applications range from power generation to water desalination. In the present study, we compared condensation occurring on two different substrates (namely square and strip) and demonstrated the effect of substrate geometry on water condensation. It is found that condensation on different regions of the same substrate is dramatically different due to different local vapor flux. In general, the condensation rate is linearly proportional to vapor flux while average vapor flux can be improved by creating geometrical discontinuity (strip substrate) within rigid substrates. Experimental result of water collection confirms that the condensation rate is increased by around 40% on the strip substrate compared to the square substrate. This study demonstrates that water condensation can be enhanced by rationally tuning the geometry of the condensation substrate. Performance of water condensation of a specific substrate can be predicated by simulating the vapor flux over the substrate.
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- 2019
33. Tannin-inspired robust fabrication of superwettability membranes for highly efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsions and immiscible oil/water mixtures
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Yusuf Shi, Peng Wang, Zeyad Ahmed, Fadhilah Alduraiei, Chi Siang Ong, Nimer Wehbe, and Jian Chang
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Materials science ,Sodium periodate ,Substrate (chemistry) ,Filtration and Separation ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Polyvinylidene fluoride ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Membrane ,020401 chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Superhydrophilicity ,Tannic acid ,Deposition (phase transition) ,Chemical stability ,0204 chemical engineering ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
In this work, a simple and facile approach was developed to modify hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microfiltration membrane with superhydrophilicity and excellent underwater anti-oil adhesion properties. The approach involves a rapid deposition of tannic acid (TA) on the membrane surface followed by its oxidation by sodium periodate (NaIO4). The modified membrane not only showed a promising oil/water separation (greater than 98%) with an average water flux ranging from 38 ± 13 to 401 ± 97 L/m2-h for different kinds of surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions driven by vacuum pressure but also exhibited excellent recyclability and chemical stability. The modification method is versatile, can be applied on different types of substrate materials, such as non-woven textile and mesh, and thus has a great potential to fabricate materials at large-scale for industrial oily wastewater treatment.
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- 2019
34. Harvesting Water from Air: Using Anhydrous Salt with Sunlight
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Renyuan Li, Le Shi, Peng Wang, Mossab K. Alsaedi, and Yusuf Shi
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Sodium ,Salt (chemistry) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Sodium Chloride ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Environmental Chemistry ,Relative humidity ,Copper chloride ,Sodium Chloride, Dietary ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Magnesium ,Humidity ,Water ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Anhydrous ,Sunlight ,Environmental science ,0210 nano-technology ,Water vapor - Abstract
Atmospheric water is an abundant alternative water resource, equivalent to 6 times the water in all rivers on Earth. This work screens 14 common anhydrous and hydrated salt couples in terms of their physical and chemical stability, water vapor harvesting, and release capacity under relevant application scenarios. Among the salts screened, copper chloride (CuCl2), copper sulfate (CuSO4), and magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) distinguish themselves and are further made into bilayer water collection devices, with the top layer being the photothermal layer, while the bottom layer acts as a salt-loaded fibrous membrane. The water collection devices are capable of capturing water vapor out of the air with low relative humidity (down to 15%) and releasing water under regular and even weakened sunlight (i.e., 0.7 kW/m2). The work shines light on the potential use of anhydrous salt toward producing drinking water in water scarce regions.
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- 2018
35. Nigerian parents and caregivers knowledge, attitude and willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19
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Azeezat Ajose, Cassandra Akinde, Azizat Ilo, Tobi Durojaiye, Yusuf Shittu, Tolani Kadiri, Bisola Raheem, Mujidat Kehinde Alamutu, Olamide Ojo, and Alero Ann Roberts
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COVID-19 ,vaccination ,children ,parent ,willingness ,Nigeria ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
ObjectivesIn order to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, a significant proportion of the population will need to be vaccinated. Experts have recommended that African children be allowed to get vaccinated to protect them from emerging variants of COVID-19 infection. This study investigated Nigerian parents and caregivers’ knowledge, attitude, and willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 once the vaccines are made available to them.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey of 500 parents/caregivers was conducted in Nigeria. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire about their sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and vaccination, willingness to vaccinate their child and factors that could influence their decision to vaccinate their child. A scoring system was used to classify the level of knowledge and attitude of participants into 2 categories, namely poor, and good. We analyzed data obtained using SPSS Version 22.ResultsMajority of the participants were females (63.6%). Analysis of responses revealed good knowledge and attitude in 265 (53.0%) and 266 (53.2%) respondents, respectively. Overall, less than half of the parents/caregivers (48.4%) expressed intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Factors associated with willingness to vaccinate children against COVID-19 included age greater than 40 years, male gender, residing in Southern Nigeria, having good knowledge, knowing an infected person or a vaccinated person, feeling they or their child is at risk of contracting COVID-19 infection, willingness to vaccinate self against COVID-19 and good attitude. Significant predictors of willingness to vaccinate their child include age greater than 40 years [AOR: 2.56; 95% CI = (1.14–5.76)], willingness to vaccinate self [AOR: 1016.81; 95% CI = (128.51–8045.60)] and good attitude [AOR: 6.21; 95% CI = (2.83–13.64)].ConclusionThis study revealed that parental willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 is low and identified factors influencing it. It is important to develop and implement health education programs iterating the risk of children getting infected with SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants to ensure optimal uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in Nigerian children.
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- 2023
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36. Preferential water condensation on superhydrophobic nano-cones array
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Peng Wang, Yusuf Shi, Yong Jin, and Adnan Qamar
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Coalescence (physics) ,Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Condensation ,Physics::Optics ,02 engineering and technology ,Substrate (electronics) ,Chemical vapor deposition ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Silane ,0104 chemical sciences ,Physics::Fluid Dynamics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical physics ,Nano ,Extrusion ,Laplace pressure ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Condensed water droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces has been a hot research topic during the last decade for various applications including enhancing condensation, antifogging, self-cleaning, electrostatic energy harvesting, and anti-icing/frosting surfaces. In the present work, a superhydrophobic nano-cone array is prepared by simple chemical bath reaction followed by silane modification. The tip of an individual nano-cone is only around 10 nm. The nano-cone array is also characterized by cavities among cones with varying sizes due to the imperfect alignment of individual nano-cones to the substrate. We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that water condensation preferentially occurs within larger cavities among hydrophobized nano-cone arrays. After extrusion from cavities, droplets form a partial Cassie state which is a prerequisite of coalescence induced jumping. Moreover, growth rates of droplets extruded from larger cavities are larger than those from smaller cavities. Droplet jumping is observed at the very first coalescence and after multiple coalescence events under a microscope. The jumping droplet size is at tens of microns, demonstrating that droplets can be efficiently removed from the nano-cone array. In general, it is indicated that condensation can be controlled by purposely designing nano-scale structures, which would provide valuable suggestion for applications involving water condensation.
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- 2018
37. Sunlight Induced Rapid Oil Absorption and Passive Room-Temperature Release: An Effective Solution toward Heavy Oil Spill Cleanup
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Mengchun Wu, Yusuf Shi, Renyuan Li, Peng Wang, Chi Siang Ong, and Jian Chang
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Materials science ,Waste management ,Mechanical Engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Reuse ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Oil absorption ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Effective solution ,Work (electrical) ,Mechanics of Materials ,Oil spill ,0210 nano-technology ,Water desalination - Abstract
This work was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) center competitive fund (CCF) awarded to Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC).
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38. Composite Materials: A Robust CuCr2 O4 /SiO2 Composite Photothermal Material with Underwater Black Property and Extremely High Thermal Stability for Solar-Driven Water Evaporation (Adv. Sustainable Syst. 3/2018)
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Yong Jin, Elaf Ahmed, Peng Wang, Le Shi, Yusuf Shi, and Renyuan Li
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Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Composite number ,Thermal stability ,Underwater ,Photothermal therapy ,Composite material ,General Environmental Science - Published
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39. A Robust CuCr2O4/SiO2Composite Photothermal Material with Underwater Black Property and Extremely High Thermal Stability for Solar-Driven Water Evaporation
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Elaf Ahmed, Peng Wang, Le Shi, Yong Jin, Yusuf Shi, and Renyuan Li
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Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Composite number ,02 engineering and technology ,Photothermal therapy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Thermal stability ,Composite material ,Underwater ,0210 nano-technology ,General Environmental Science - Published
- 2017
40. Lifethreatening tracheal obstruction in a child caused by nodular fasciitis: case presentation
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Yusuf Shieba, Mahmoud Khairy, Mohamed Elzouk, and Albaraa Ali Mansour
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Nodular fasciitis ,Tracheal obstruction ,Subcutaneous pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis ,Diseases of the respiratory system ,RC705-779 ,Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid ,RC86-88.9 - Abstract
Abstract Background Nodular fasciitis (NF) is a rare non-neoplastic inflammatory tumor and usually presents as a painless, rapidly growing subcutaneous soft tissue mass. The head and neck are relatively common locations for nodular fasciitis, particularly in children. NF in the trachea is rare and may evolve to a fatal condition, especially due to its rapidly growing nature that can cause life-threatening tracheal obstruction. Case presentation We report the case of a 5-year-old child with NF in the trachea and subtotal tracheal obstruction. Bronchoscopy and biopsy proved the diagnosis, and bronchoscopic excision of the tumor was performed. Conclusions NF is a rare airway tumor, occurring mostly in adults, and may presenting with pneumonia-like symptoms. Early detection of the lesion is essential to avoid life-threatening airway obstruction.
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