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Foams: Bilayered Biofoam for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation (Adv. Mater. 42/2016)
Author(s) -
Jiang Qisheng,
Tian Limei,
Liu KengKu,
Tadepalli Sirimuvva,
Raliya Ramesh,
Biswas Pratim,
Naik Rajesh R.,
Singamaneni Srikanth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201670294
Subject(s) - materials science , nanocellulose , graphene , fabrication , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , oxide , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , cellulose , metallurgy , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A novel bilayered hybrid biofoam is introduced, which is composed of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) and graphene oxide (GO), and which is achieved through the incorporation of GO flakes into a BNC matrix during its growth for highly efficient solar steam generation. This fabrication approach, demonstrated by R. R. Naik, S. Singamaneni, and co‐workers on page 9400 can be extended to other functional nanomaterials to realize biofoams for various applications. The bilayered structure is depicted, suspended on water, producing steam under solar illumination.