Superthermal solar interfacial evaporation is not due to reduced latent heat of water
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4EE05591H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.James H. Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Guangxin Lv, Gang ChenReduced latent heat of water in solar evaporating materials cannot explain superthermal rates due to the full energy balance and vapor kinetic limitations. New mechanistic studies need to be pursued to understand superthermal solar evaporation.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05591H, Paper


Reduced latent heat of water in solar evaporating materials cannot explain superthermal rates due to the full energy balance and vapor kinetic limitations. New mechanistic studies need to be pursued to understand superthermal solar evaporation.
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