Purifying Water with the Help of Wood, Bacteria and the Sun (IMAGE)

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Purifying Water with the Help of Wood, Bacteria and the Sun

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A solar steam generator has an upper layer (black) of light-absorbing carbon nanotubes, a middle layer (grey) of heat-insulating glass bubbles, and a bottom layer (brown) of water-transporting wood.

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Adapted from <i>Nano Letters</i> <b>2020</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01088

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