Breathable and superhydrophobic photothermic fabric enables efficient interface energy management via confined heating strategy for sustainable seawater evaporation

Achieving solar-heating-enabled sustainable water purification from seawater is considered a promising strategy for alleviating the water crisis worldwide. Since preventing salt contamination becomes a crucial consideration in practical application, extensive efforts have been devoted in recent years. However, there has been an urgent push to realize both efficient and stable seawater evaporation in a simple and scalable way. Here, we present a...