A cake making strategy to prepare reduced graphene oxide wrapped plant fiber sponges for high-efficiency solar steam generation. Issue 30 (18th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Tingjie; Wang, Sha; Wu, Zhenzeng; Wang, Xiaodong (Alice); Peng, Jian; Wu, Binghui; Cui, Jingqin; Fang, Xiaoliang; Xie, Yongqun; Zheng, Nanfeng
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 30(2018)
• Page Start: 14571
• Page End: 14576
• Publication Date: 2018-07-18
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c8ta04420a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7488

Abstract

Abstract : A cake making strategy is developed to prepare reduced graphene oxide wrapped plant fiber sponges for high-efficiency solar steam generation. Abstract : A facile method inspired by the cake making process is developed to fabricate reduced graphene oxide wrapped plant fiber sponges (PFS@rGO) through in situ coating and foaming. This method avoids the use of energy-intensive equipment for molding and drying, and hence has great potential in the production of large-sized rGO sponges. With a highly porous framework, good mechanical properties, efficient solar absorption, and low thermal conductivity, the as-fabricated hydrophilic and light-weight PFS@rGO readily floats on seawater and generates water vapor with a solar thermal conversion efficiency of 88.8% under 1 sun illumination.