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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

The Water Behavior Chain: A Unified Framework for Solar Interfacial Evaporation.

Jiakun Liu, Chengbing Wang, Jinbu Su, Tao Lei, Bo Wang, Jing Zhang, Songbo Zhao, Zhengtong Li, Dan Wei

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Jiakun LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Chengbing WangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6017-1248
Jinbu SuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4618-7125
Tao LeiSchool of Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-9298
Bo WangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Jing ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Songbo ZhaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Zhengtong LiKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Dan WeiAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52075309Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities 21JP021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Confronting the global freshwater crisis, solar interfacial evaporation (SIE) has emerged as a sustainable desalination technology. However, prevailing research remains anchored in a material-centric or structural engineering innovation, treating water as a passive medium. This review proposes a unifying water-centric framework by introducing the concept of a "water behavior chain" that maps the complete journey of water, from water transport and water state regulation to interfacial evaporation and product management. We systematically elucidate how hierarchical regulation of this chain enables breakthrough performance: engineering of water supply pathways for optimal thermal management, synergistic effects to reduce evaporation enthalpy and enhance evaporation rates, and design of smart interfaces for the synchronous reuse of both salt and vapor to ensure long-term stability. Moving beyond freshwater production, we demonstrate how mastering the water behavior chain unlocks multifunctional SIE systems for synergistic water-energy cogeneration, selective resource recovery and water pollutant purification. This review not only fills a critical gap by placing water at the heart of SIE analysis but also provides a unified roadmap to guide the development of next-generation, high-performance, and intelligent solar evaporation technologies.

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solar interfacial evaporationwater behavior chainwater‐centric framework

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PMID42464862
PMCPMC13496079

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