Orchestrated Multiscale Effects Boost Performances of Hybrid Carbon-Based Water–Electricity Cogenerators

Key Points

• The research aims to enhance the performance of carbon-based cogenerators for efficient water and electricity production.
• Evaluation of output voltage during desalination under solar exposure.
• Assessment of salt resistance and cycling stability of cogeneration systems.
• Design insights for next-generation hybrid evaporators.
• Achieved continuous output voltage of up to 1.02 V under 1 sun.
• Demonstrated excellent salt resistance with no aggregation.
• Showed enhanced cycling stability over multiple operations.