Most cited papers in Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
What are the most cited papers in Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods?
The most cited paper in Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods is "Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades" (Mark A. Shannon, Paul W. Bohn, Menachem Elimelech et al., 2008), with 8,492 citations. Next come "The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment" (6,750) and "Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy" (4,870).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 748 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades Mark A. Shannon, Paul W. Bohn, Menachem Elimelech et al. · Nature | 19 Mar 2008 | 8,492 |
| 2 | The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment Menachem Elimelech, William A. Phillip · Science | 4 Aug 2011 | 6,750 |
| 3 | Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy Suljo Linic, Phillip Christopher, David B. Ingram · Nature Materials | 23 Nov 2011 | 4,870 |
| 4 | Solar thermal collectors and applications Soteris A. Kalogirou · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 2004 | 3,213 |
| 5 | Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Naif A. Darwish, Nidal Hilal · Desalination | 17 Sep 2011 | 2,632 |
| 6 | Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Qilin Li · Water Research | 26 Mar 2013 | 2,430 |
| 7 | Solar-driven interfacial evaporation Peng Tao, George Ni, Chengyi Song et al. · Nature Energy | 29 Oct 2018 | 2,393 |
| 8 | Solar steam generation by heat localization Hadi Ghasemi, George Ni, Amy Marie Marconnet et al. · Nature Communications | 21 Jul 2014 | 2,321 |
| 9 | Direct-Current Nanogenerator Driven by Ultrasonic Waves Xudong Wang, Jinhui Song, Liu Jin et al. · Science | 5 Apr 2007 | 2,267 |
| 10 | 3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination Lin Zhou, Yingling Tan, Jingyang Wang et al. · Nature Photonics | 25 Apr 2016 | 2,172 |
| 11 | Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou, Ye Shi et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 29 Mar 2018 | 2,103 |
| 12 | Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production Minmin Gao, Liangliang Zhu, Connor Kang Nuo Peh et al. · Energy & Environmental Science | 12 Jul 2018 | 2,001 |
| 13 | State-of-the-art of reverse osmosis desalination Clemens Fritzmann, Jonas Löwenberg, Thomas Wintgens et al. · Desalination | Oct 2007 | 1,987 |
| 14 | The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook Edward R. Jones, Manzoor Qadir, Michelle T. H. van Vliet et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 7 Dec 2018 | 1,962 |
| 15 | Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter Ximin Cui, Qifeng Ruan, Xiaolu Zhuo et al. · Chemical Reviews | 3 May 2023 | 1,908 |
| 16 | Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight Hyunho Kim, Sungwoo Yang, Sameer Raghavendra Rao et al. · Science | 13 Apr 2017 | 1,831 |
| 17 | MXene Ti3C2: An Effective 2D Light-to-Heat Conversion Material Renyuan Li, Lianbin Zhang, Le Yi Shi et al. · ACS Nano | 24 Mar 2017 | 1,811 |
| 18 | Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production from water on a 100-m2 scale Hiroshi Nishiyama, Taro Yamada, Mamiko Nakabayashi et al. · Nature | 25 Aug 2021 | 1,785 |
| 19 | A droplet-based electricity generator with high instantaneous power density Wanghuai Xu, Huanxi Zheng, Yuan Liu et al. · Nature | 5 Feb 2020 | 1,664 |
| 20 | Fast and Broadband Photoresponse of Few-Layer Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors Michele Buscema, Dirk J. Groenendijk, Sofya I. Blanter et al. · Nano Letters | 12 May 2014 | 1,658 |
| 21 | Advances in seawater desalination technologies Akili D. Khawaji, Ibrahim K. Kutubkhanah, Jong-Mihn Wie · Desalination | 21 Jan 2008 | 1,577 |
| 22 | Materials for solar-powered water evaporation Fei Zhao, Youhong Guo, Xingyi Zhou et al. · Nature Reviews Materials | 10 Mar 2020 | 1,546 |
| 23 | Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Evaporation Chaoji Chen, Yudi Kuang, Liangbing Hu · Joule | 30 Jan 2019 | 1,529 |
| 24 | Complex and oriented ZnO nanostructures Zhengrong R. Tian, James Alan Voigt, Jun Liu et al. · Nature Materials | 23 Nov 2003 | 1,461 |
| 25 | Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability Youhong Guo, Jiwoong Bae, Zhiwei Fang et al. · Chemical Reviews | 8 Jul 2020 | 1,407 |
| 26 | Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation Lin Zhou, Yingling Tan, Dengxin Ji et al. · Science Advances | Apr 2016 | 1,335 |
| 27 | Toward practical solar hydrogen production – an artificial photosynthetic leaf-to-farm challenge Jin Hyun Kim, Dharmesh Hansora, Pankaj Sharma et al. · Chemical Society Reviews | 2019 | 1,325 |
| 28 | A framework for better understanding membrane distillation separation process Mohamed S. El‐Bourawi, Zhongwei Ding, Rong Ma et al. · Journal of Membrane Science | 9 Aug 2006 | 1,323 |
| 29 | Direct Fabrication of Composite and Ceramic Hollow Nanofibers by Electrospinning Dan Li, Younan Xia · Nano Letters | 30 Mar 2004 | 1,304 |
| 30 | Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants Sarada Kuravi, Jamie Trahan, D. Yogi Goswami et al. · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 22 Mar 2013 | 1,297 |
| 31 | A review of the applications of nanofluids in solar energy Omid Mahian, Ali Kianifar, Soteris A. Kalogirou et al. · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 23 Nov 2012 | 1,287 |
| 32 | Energy consumption and water production cost of conventional and renewable-energy-powered desalination processes A.A. Al-Karaghouli, Lawrence Lee Kazmerski · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 19 Apr 2013 | 1,274 |
| 33 | Water-evaporation-induced electricity with nanostructured carbon materials Guobin Xue, Ying Xu, Tianpeng Ding et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 30 Jan 2017 | 1,257 |
| 34 | Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path Xiuqiang Li, Weichao David Xu, Mingyao Tang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Nov 2016 | 1,256 |
| 35 | Solar Vapor Generation Enabled by Nanoparticles Oara Neumann, Alexander S. Urban, Jared K. Day et al. · ACS Nano | 19 Nov 2012 | 1,254 |
| 36 | Single-layer MoS2 nanopores as nanopower generators Jiandong Feng, Michael Graf, Ke Liu et al. · Nature | 12 Jul 2016 | 1,242 |
| 37 | Mushrooms as Efficient Solar Steam‐Generation Devices Ning Xu, Xiaozhen Hu, Weichao David Xu et al. · Advanced Materials | 18 May 2017 | 1,220 |
| 38 | An autonomous photosynthetic device in which all charge carriers derive from surface plasmons Syed Mubeen, Joun Lee, Nirala Singh et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 24 Feb 2013 | 1,195 |
| 39 | Steam generation under one sun enabled by a floating structure with thermal concentration George Ni, Gabriel Li, Svetlana V. Boriskina et al. · Nature Energy | 22 Aug 2016 | 1,185 |
| 40 | Seawater desalination using renewable energy sources Soteris A. Kalogirou · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 2005 | 1,175 |
| 41 | A review on Fenton process for organic wastewater treatment based on optimization perspective Menghui H. Zhang, Hui Dong, Liang Zhao et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 15 Mar 2019 | 1,154 |
| 42 | Enhanced Thermal Conductivity through the Development of Nanofluids Jeffrey A. Eastman, Ung-Kyu Choi, Shuai Li et al. · MRS Proceedings | 1996 | 1,144 |
| 43 | The Global Rise of Zero Liquid Discharge for Wastewater Management: Drivers, Technologies, and Future Directions Tiezheng Tong, Menachem Elimelech · Environmental Science & Technology | 8 Jun 2016 | 1,129 |
| 44 | Membrane distillation: Recent developments and perspectives Enrico Drioli, Aamer Ali, Francesca Macedonio · Desalination | 28 Oct 2014 | 1,118 |
| 45 | Membrane distillation at the water-energy nexus: limits, opportunities, and challenges Akshay Deshmukh, Chanhee Boo, Vasiliki Karanikola et al. · Energy & Environmental Science | 2018 | 1,107 |
| 46 | Vertically Aligned Graphene Sheets Membrane for Highly Efficient Solar Thermal Generation of Clean Water Panpan Zhang, Jing Li, Lingxiao Lv et al. · ACS Nano | 19 Apr 2017 | 1,099 |
| 47 | Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification Xingyi Zhou, Fei Zhao, Youhong Guo et al. · Science Advances | Jun 2019 | 1,094 |
| 48 | Parabolic-trough solar collectors and their applications Aranzazú Fernández-García, Eduardo Zarza, Loreto Valenzuela et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 22 Mar 2010 | 1,075 |
| 49 | High‐Performance Photothermal Conversion of Narrow‐Bandgap Ti2O3 Nanoparticles Juan Wang, Yangyang Li, Lin Deng et al. · Advanced Materials | 11 Nov 2016 | 1,053 |
| 50 | Fouling and its control in membrane distillation—A review Leonard D. Tijing, Yun Chul Woo, June-Seok Choi et al. · Journal of Membrane Science | 18 Oct 2014 | 1,041 |
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