DOI: 10.1039/d6gc03390c ISSN: 1463-9262

Lignin-mediated autothermal cascade enables zero-external-energy synthesis of reduced graphene oxide hydrogels for solar-driven desalination

Jifei Zhang, Hongmei Zhang, Yihao Zhang, Jincheng Zha, Wenfeng Ren, Bing Wang, Ling-ping Xiao, Sanwei Hao, Changyou Shao, Runcang Sun

An autothermal cascade, driven by the lignin–Fe redox chemistry and the exothermic enthalpy of polymerization, enables zero-external-energy synthesis of reduced graphene oxide hydrogels.