High‐entropy‐alloy (HEA) nanoparticles with excellent photothermal conversion performances have been proven effective for solar steam generation abilities, but it remains a challenge to fabricate a macroscale evaporator through them. Here, assisting by the unique anisotropic porous structures of balsawood matrixes, a sustainable HEA‐nanoparticles‐balsawood (HEA‐BW) composited evaporator, in which two compositions construct an asymmetric surface wettability that the top surface of HEA nanoparticles acts as a hydrophobic photothermal area, while the bottom hydrophilic surface of balsawood allows for rapid water transportation, is assembled. The most efficient 8‐HEA‐BW realized an average optical absorption greater than 97% over the entire solar spectrum (250–2500 nm) and an excellent evaporation rate of 2.58 kg m −2 h −1 with a surface temperature of 80 °C under one sun irradiation. Surprisingly, a stable solar desalination performance of such composited evaporator can be observed in a 10‐cycles long‐term evaluation of the hypersaline water (20 wt% salinity) with an average evaporation rate of 1.65 kg m −2 h −1 .
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