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Chemical Scissors Tailored Nano-Tellurium with High-Entropy Morphology for Efficient Foam-Hydrogel-Based Solar Photothermal Evaporators

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01242-y
Chenyang Xing
State Key Laboratory of Radio FrequencyHeterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
Zihao Li
State Key Laboratory of Radio FrequencyHeterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
Ziao Wang
School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, People’s Republic of China
Shaohui Zhang
International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
Zhongjian Xie
Institute of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Xi Zhu
School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, People’s Republic of China
Zhengchun Peng
State Key Laboratory of Radio FrequencyHeterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhengchun Peng

zcpeng@szu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 47

Abstract

The development of tellurium (Te)-based semiconductor nanomaterials for efficient light-to-heat conversion may offer an effective means of harvesting sunlight to address global energy concerns. However, the nanosized Te (nano-Te) materials reported to date suffer from a series of drawbacks, including limited light absorption and a lack of surface structures. Herein, we report the preparation of nano-Te by electrochemical exfoliation using an electrolyzable room-temperature ionic liquid. Anions, cations, and their corresponding electrolytic products acting as chemical scissors can precisely intercalate and functionalize bulk Te. The resulting nano-Te has high morphological entropy, rich surface functional groups, and broad light absorption. We also constructed foam hydrogels based on poly (vinyl alcohol)/nano-Te, which achieved an evaporation rate and energy efficiency of 4.11 kg m−2 h−1 and 128%, respectively, under 1 sun irradiation. Furthermore, the evaporation rate was maintained in the range 2.5–3.0 kg m−2 h−1 outdoors under 0.5–1.0 sun, providing highly efficient evaporation under low light conditions.


Highlights:
1 Precise exfoliation and modification of nano-Tellurium was realized by adopting a room-temperature ionic liquid as the electrolyte.
2 Nano-Tellurium with high-entropy morphology can offer greater solar absorption and more kinds of surface chemical groups, giving rise to superior photothermal properties.
3 Nano-Tellurium-poly(vinyl alcohol)-based photothermal foam hydrogels, with high compressibility, excellent water transport rate and low evaporation enthalpy of water, combined with a new heat-supply model, achieve an evaporation rate of 4.11 kg m−2 h−1 with energy efficiencies up to 128% under 1 sun irradiation, which are the highest values for semiconductor-based nanocomposites reported so far.

Keywords

Tellurium High entropy Electrochemical modification Solar absorption Evaporation rate
Xing, Chenyang, Zihao Li, Ziao Wang, Shaohui Zhang, Zhongjian Xie, Xi Zhu, and Zhengchun Peng. 2023. “Chemical Scissors Tailored Nano-Tellurium With High-Entropy Morphology for Efficient Foam-Hydrogel-Based Solar Photothermal Evaporators”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (December):47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01242-y.
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