3 papers
physics.app-ph2025
Mechanisms and Scale-up Potential of 3D Solar Interfacial-Evaporators
James H. Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Abimbola Oluwade +1
Evaporation rates from porous evaporators under sunlight have been reported to exceed the solar-thermal limit, determined by relating the incoming solar energy to the latent and se…
cond-mat.soft2025
Theory of the Photomolecular Effect
Michael J. Landry, Chuliang Fu, James H. Zhang +3
It is well-known that water in both liquid and vapor phases exhibits exceptionally weak absorption of light in the visible range. Recent experiments, however, have demonstrated tha…
physics.app-ph2024
Reexamination of evaporation from horizontal surfaces with implications for solar interfacial evaporation experiments
James H. Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Guangxin Lv +1
To explain reported solar interfacial-evaporation rates from porous materials beyond an apparent 100% efficiency using the thermal evaporation mechanism, many publications hypothes…