#solar-desalination

A femtosecond-laser-textured aluminium panel wicks seawater uphill across its face, absorbs ~92% of sunlight to evaporate it, and uses the coffee-ring effect plus salt creeping to push crystallised salt to the panel edges — self-cleaning, no membranes, no chemicals, no electricit

Laboratory and rooftop proof-of-concept of the femtosecond-laser-textured superwicking black aluminium interfacial crystallizer (ABF-STIC) using real ocean water from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. A 7-day co…