Interfacial solar evaporation for sustainable brine mining

Sunxiang Zheng; Beatriz Oelckers; Aashish Khandelwal; Zhiyong Jason Ren

doi:10.1038/s44221-025-00394-y

Interfacial solar evaporation for sustainable brine mining

Sunxiang Zheng, Beatriz Oelckers, Aashish Khandelwal, Zhiyong Jason Ren

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Solar evaporation ponds are widely used in brine mining but face environmental and societal challenges. Advancing interfacial solar evaporation technology from lab discovery to field demonstration shows promise in improving pond efficiency and sustainability.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	135-137
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Water
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00394-y
State	Published - Feb 2025

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Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Environmental Engineering
Water Science and Technology

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