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European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
Published in: European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 5/2023

08-04-2023 | Original Article

Porous silicon modified wood as a high-efficiency solar steam generator

Authors: Yuke Gu, Zhaocai He, Xuan Liu, Yating Sun, Sufang Jiang, Huaifei Liu, Gonggang Liu, Jie Luo

Published in: European Journal of Wood and Wood Products | Issue 5/2023

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Abstract

In recent years, solar water evaporation system by utilizing wood-based photothermal material has drawn a lot of attention and displayed promising practical application prospect. However, challenges still remain in terms of its relatively low efficiency. Here, a facile, cost-efficient, and scalable method was proposed to prepare porous silicon loaded wood (porous silicon/wood) as solar steam generation device for seawater desalination. The porous silicon, which was obtained from in situ acid etching of Al-Si alloy powder, could be firmly deposited on the wood surface via capillary infiltration method. It provides an excellent light-absorber layer to enhance its light absorption properties, which is beneficial for broad solar absorption. Meanwhile, the hierarchical porous structure based on natural balsa wood contributes to vapor escape. The evaporation rate of porous silicon/wood reaches 1.57 kg m−2 h−1 under 1 sun illumination with 95.8% solar conversion efficiency. In addition, the simulated seawater desalination test results show that the concentration of various ions in seawater decreases significantly by using porous silicon/wood as solar-thermal material, which meets the WHO water quality standard. In addition, porous silicon/wood shows decent salt-tolerance for high-salinity brine desalination. This study provides a simple method to manufacture high-efficiency solar steam generator, which has potential for future large-scale applications. On the other hand, capillary infiltration method gives an effective strategy for wood asymmetrical modification.
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Metadata
Title
Porous silicon modified wood as a high-efficiency solar steam generator
Authors
Yuke Gu
Zhaocai He
Xuan Liu
Yating Sun
Sufang Jiang
Huaifei Liu
Gonggang Liu
Jie Luo
Publication date
08-04-2023
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 0018-3768
Electronic ISSN: 1436-736X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-023-01952-5

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