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Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Argyris Panagopoulos
National Technical University of Athens
2
Youhong Guo
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3
Lingfang Cui
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power
4
Yida Wang
Zhejiang University of Technology
5
Qi Zhao
Shandong University
6
Zixiao Liu
Qufu Normal University
7
Deqi Fan
Nanjing Forestry University
8
Panpan He
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
9
Zhenting Xie
Chongqing University
10
Yuan Zou
Suzhou University of Science and Technology

Rising Stars Papers

1
A comprehensive assessment of the economic and technical viability of a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) hybrid desalination system for water and salt recovery
Journal of Environmental Management|2024
44 cit.
2
Techno-economic analysis (TEA) of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems for treatment and utilization of brine via resource recovery
Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification|2024
34 cit.
3
Assessing the Energy Footprint of Desalination Technologies and Minimal/Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD/ZLD) Systems for Sustainable Water Protection via Renewable Energy Integration
Energies|2025
33 cit.
4
Porous Polymeric Electrodes for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture
Advanced Materials|2024
26 cit.
5
Immobilization of Covalent Triazine Framework into Hydrogels for Photothermal‐Promoted Gas‐Solid Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
Advanced Materials|2025
26 cit.
6
Dynamic vapor-catalysis coupling in COF/MXene aerogels for synergistic solar evaporation and photocatalytic CO2 reduction
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental|2025
19 cit.
7
Architectural and real-time monitoring design of multi-stage solar still for solar water purification
Renewable Energy|2025
18 cit.
8
Vitreous silica supported metal catalysts for direct non-oxidative methane coupling
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
16 cit.
9
Soft Optical Fibers for Biomedical and Wearable Technologies: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Advanced Functional Materials|2025
14 cit.
10
“Multispacecraft to Multidebris” Space Debris Removal Strategy Based on Target Allocation Method
Space Science & Technology|2024
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jiang Gong
Medical Protective
2
Ran Niu
Medical Protective
3
Huhu Cheng
Tsinghua University
4
Hadi Kargarsharifabad
Qom Islamic Azad University
5
Liming Wang
Donghua University
6
Yingling Tan
Xiamen University of Technology
7
A. Muthu Manokar
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
8
Tianshu Ge
Hebei Medical University
9
Weilong Shi
Peking University
10
S. Shanmugan
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Construction of full solar-spectrum available S-scheme heterojunction for boosted photothermal-assisted photocatalytic H2 production
Chemical Engineering Journal|2023
303 cit.
2
Bio‐Inspired Sandwich‐Structured All‐Day‐Round Solar Evaporator for Synergistic Clean Water and Electricity Generation
Advanced Energy Materials|2023
291 cit.
3
A self-sufficient photo-Fenton system with coupling in-situ production H2O2 of ultrathin porous g-C3N4 nanosheets and amorphous FeOOH quantum dots
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2022
280 cit.
4
Photothermal effect of carbon dots for boosted photothermal-assisted photocatalytic water/seawater splitting into hydrogen
Chemical Engineering Journal|2022
209 cit.
5
Shape-controlled fabrication of MnO/C hybrid nanoparticle from waste polyester for solar evaporation and thermoelectricity generation
Chemical Engineering Journal|2022
197 cit.
6
Constructing S‐scheme charge separation in cobalt phthalocyanine/oxygen‐doped g‐C <sub>3</sub> N <sub>4</sub> heterojunction with enhanced photothermal‐assisted photocatalytic H <sub>2</sub> evolution
Rare Metals|2023
178 cit.
7
Construction of visible-light-response photocatalysis-self-Fenton system for the efficient degradation of amoxicillin based on industrial waste red mud/CdS S-scheme heterojunction
Separation and Purification Technology|2023
177 cit.
8
Rational construction of “all-in-one” metal-organic framework for integrated solar steam generation and advanced oxidation process
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental|2023
173 cit.
9
Waste-treating-waste: Upcycling discarded polyester into metal–organic framework nanorod for synergistic interfacial solar evaporation and sulfate-based advanced oxidation process
Chemical Engineering Journal|2022
158 cit.
10
Hofmeister effect mediated hydrogel evaporator for simultaneous solar evaporation and thermoelectric power generation
Chemical Engineering Journal|2023
148 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Jia Zhu
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
2
R.Z. Wang
Institute of Refrigeration
3
Guihua Yu
Walker (United States)
4
Liangti Qu
Tsinghua University
5
Peng Wang
Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology
6
Liangbing Hu
Yale University
7
Menachem Elimelech
Rice University
8
Ghim Wei Ho
National University of Singapore
9
Haolan Xu
University of South Australia
10
A.E. Kabeel
Tanta University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment
Science|2011
6.5k cit.
2
Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells
ACS Nano|2010
3.9k cit.
3
Forward osmosis: Principles, applications, and recent developments
Journal of Membrane Science|2006
2.5k cit.
4
3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination
Nature Photonics|2016
2.1k cit.
5
Scalable Coating and Properties of Transparent, Flexible, Silver Nanowire Electrodes
ACS Nano|2010
2.1k cit.
6
Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels
Nature Nanotechnology|2018
2.1k cit.
7
Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots with Oxygen-Rich Functional Groups
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2011
2k cit.
8
Carbothermal shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles
Science|2018
2k cit.
9
Negating interfacial impedance in garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries
Nature Materials|2016
2k cit.
10
Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production
Energy & Environmental Science|2018
1.9k cit.

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