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Converting waste into versatile materials has been
considered as an effective strategy to tackle environmental issues
such as shortages in food, clean water, and energy. Conventional
carbonization technology has provided an effective approach for
constructing photothermal materials for interfacial evaporation or
crude oil removal. However, high energy consumption, poor shape
retention, and weak mechanical strength have significantly hindered
the practical application of conventional carbonization technology.
This work discusses how a biomass-derived sponge from discarded
pomelo peel (PP) may be used to collect photothermal polypyrrole
in a cost-effective way with mild reaction. The photothermic sponge
which is derived from this process, can then be effectively employed
to realize solar enhanced water evaporation and heavy crude oil
removal. The polypyrrole-functionalized pomelo peel (FPyPP) can be attained by a mild, one-pot wet
oxypolymerization method,
resulting in over 95% absorption of sunlight and evaporation rates of about 1.22 kg/m2 under the sun.
Furthermore, the
concentrated heat on the sponge surface can efficiently reduce the viscosity of heavy crude oil and
thereby lead to an effective
cleanup. This study aims to provide a low-cost, low-energy-consumption, and eco-friendly approach to
the acquisition of the
multifunctional photothermic sponge by recycling the waste and demonstrating potential applications in
tackling clean water
generation and polluted water treatment.
REFERENCE:
Zhang, C., Xiao, P., Ni, F., Yan, L., Liu, Q., Zhang, D., Gu, J., Wang, W., & Chen, T. (2020).
Converting Pomelo Peel into Eco-friendly and Low-Consumption Photothermic Biomass
Sponge toward Multifunctioal Solar-to-Heat Conversion. ACS Sustainable Chemistry &
Engineering, 8(13), 5328–5337. [Link]
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In response to the increasing fossil energy crisis, it is important
to exploit alternative energy sources to develop a sustainable
system.[1] Solar energy utilization has drawn increasing attention
in the past few decades due to its distribution ability in a widespread area.[2–4] Solar-thermal
conversion is a prospective trend
to make full use of solar energy, as it is environmentally friendly
and has promising photothermal conversion efficiency.[5,6] A concentrating solar power (CSP) system
is commonly installed for solar power
generation, in which high-temperature
solar selective absorbing coatings
(SSACs) play a crucial role in increasing
the photothermal conversion efficiency
and power station income.
He, C., Gao, X., Qiu, X., Yu, D., Guo, H., & Liu, G. (2021). Scalable and Ultrathin High ‐Temperature Solar
Selective Absorbing Coatings Based on the High‐Entropy Nanoceramic AlCrWTaNbTiN with High
Photothermal Conversion Efficiency. Solar RRL, 5(4). [Link]
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The use of Renewable resources is one of the fastgrowing global interest in terms of the production of
electricity and biofuels. The energy coming from the sun,
waves, tidal, geothermal heat, and biomasses are now
commonly utilized to produce such electricity that has a
minimal harmful impact on the environment than the use of
fossil fuels. Aside from that, the production of biofuels,
especially bioethanol from organic waste materials like
agricultural and industrial residues and lignocellulosics is in
its peak of demand and popularity to address the problem in
the continuous rising of petroleum prices [1-3].
Casabar, J. T., Ramaraj, R., & Unpaprom, Y. (2019) Optimization of Bioethanol Production from Pineapple
Fruit Peel via Response Surface Methodology. Retrieved by
[Link]