2019年12月，郑平院士主持的国家自然科学基金重点国际合作交流项目“纳米流体高效吸收太阳能产生蒸汽的机理研究”顺利完成了预定的研究工作。利用太阳能生产清洁蒸汽，在能源动力、医疗、污水处理及海水淡化等领域具有非常广阔的应用前景。本项目针对纳米流体对太阳辐射能的强化吸收以及产生蒸汽的机理等基础科学问题开展了国际合作研究。
研究内容包括：
（1）理论分析方面采用了包括Mie理论，四偶极子共振理论以及有效介质理论等，并结合有限时域差分(FDTD)，严格波函数耦合(RCWA)以及有限元(FEM)等多种数值计算方法，详细分析了纳米颗粒、光学超材料的光吸收强化机理以及太阳光吸收效率的影响因素；
（2）利用分子动力学模拟和统计热力学原理，围绕固/液界面热阻的组成、对界面热阻的影响因素、液体吸附层在固/液界面热阻形成中的关键作用等问题展开了模拟和理论研究；
（3）利用密度泛函理论对均匀温度场下单个纳米颗粒周围的汽泡成核进行计算。比较两种可能的异相成核模式的成核路径和成核势垒；研究了颗粒润湿性和液体过饱和度对成核势垒的影响；对经典成核理论的结果和密度泛函理论的结果进行了比较；
（4）采用格子Boltzmann数值模拟方法研究了正常重力和超重力条件下，激光照射下纳米颗粒表面汽泡成核过程，探究了重力条件对汽泡成核模式的影响、界面热阻对汽泡成核时间的影响、纳米颗粒接触角及纳米汽泡成核模式对汽泡成核所需最小阈值激光通量的影响；
（5）以仿生为研究契机，结合贵金属及石墨烯碳基纳米材料的光热效应，仿造生物体的特殊构造，制备了一系列光、热等功能性复合材料，并成功地应用于热能的储存、传输和热蒸发等领域。
图1 碳基多材料耦合光学超材料的极宽谱全吸收特性
图2 球冠模式成核最小自由能路径
图3 掺聚苯乙烯微球颗粒的等离激元纳米颗粒溶液因多重散射增加光吸收量，以及蒸发速率和红外图像比较
项目团队在国际重要高水平期刊上（Advanced Materials, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Nature Energy, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Nanoscale, Scientific Reports等）共发表SCI 论文38 篇。申请国家发明专利10 项，其中授权专利6 项。
项目资助的龚帅、刘修良、张朝阳、熊伟、马骁婧、郭晴等6名博士和李晓平、甘甜等2名硕士共8人获得国家奖学金。龚帅和张朝阳获得上海市优秀毕业生称号，熊伟获得上海交通大学 2019 年第四届研究生“学术之星”提名奖。两篇项目资助发表的论文入选ESI高被引论文，其中一篇还入选ESI热点论文。另有项目资助的研究生获得全国节能减排社会实践与科技竞赛一等奖。
项目发表论文目录：
1. Yanming Liu(#); Shengtao Yu(#); Rui Feng; Antoine Bernard; Yang Liu; Yao Zhang; Haoze Duan; Wen Shang; Peng Tao; Chengyi Song(*); Tao Deng(*)，A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper-Based System for High-Performance Large-Scale Evaporation, Advanced Materials, 2015.5.6, 27(17): 2768~2774 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
2. Shengtao Yu(#); Yao Zhang; Haoze Duan; Yanming Liu; Xiaojun Quan; Peng Tao; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Chengyi Song(*); Tao Deng(*), The impact of surface chemistry on the performance of localized solar-driven evaporation system, Scientific Reports, 2015.9.4, 5: 13600 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
3. Dengwu Zhao(#); Haoze Duan; Shengtao Yu; Yao Zhang; Jiaqing He; Xiaojun Quan; Peng Tao; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Chengyi Song(*); Tao Deng(*), Enhancing Localized Evaporation through Separated Light Absorbing Centers and Scattering Centers, Scientific Reports, 2015.11.26, 5: 17276 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
4. Zhaolong Wang(#); Xiaojun Quan; Zhuomin Zhang; Ping Cheng(*), Numerical studies on absorption characteristics of plasmonic metamaterials with an array of nanoshells, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015.11.1, 68: 172~177 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
5. Zhaolong Wang(#); Xiaojun Quan; Wei Yao; Lei Wang; Ping Cheng(*), Plasma resonance effects on bubble nucleation in flow boiling of a nanofluid irradiated by a pulsed laser beam, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015.12.30, 72: 90~94 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
6. Yang Liu(#); Jinwei Lou; Mengtian Ni; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Neil P. Dasgupta; Peng Tao(*); Wen Shang(*); Tao Deng, Bioinspired Bifunctional Membrane for Efficient Clean Water Generation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016.1.13, 8(1): 772~779 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
7. Jinwei Lou(#); Yang Liu; Zhongyong Wang; Dengwu Zhao; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Neil Dasgupta; Wang Zhang; Di Zhang; Peng Tao(*); Wen Shang(*); Tao Deng, Bioinspired Multifunctional Paper-Based rGO Composites for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016.6.15, 8(23): 14628~14636 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
8. Xu Wang(#); Ping Cheng(*); Xiaojun Quan, Molecular dynamics simulations of thermal boundary resistances in a liquid between two solid walls separated by a nano gap, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016.8.15, 77: 183~189 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
9. Yingying Chen(#); Xiaojun Quan; Zhongyong Wang; Chiahsun Lee; ZiZhao Wang; Peng Tao(*); Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Wen Shang; Tao Deng(*), Stably dispersed high-temperature Fe3O4/silicone-oil nanofluids for direct solar thermal energy harvesting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016.10.10, 4(44): 17503~17511 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
10. Chao Chang(#); Chao Yang; Yanming Liu; Peng Tao(*); Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Tao Deng(*), Efficient Solar-Thermal Energy Harvest Driven by Interfacial Plasmonic Heating-Assisted Evaporation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016.9.7, 8(35): 23412~23418 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
11. Quan, Xiaojun(#); Wang, Dongmin; Cheng, Ping(*), An experimental investigation on wettability effects of nanoparticles in pool boiling of a nanofluid, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016.12.10, 108: 32~40 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
12. Zizhao Wang(#); Qinxian Ye; Xingbo Liang; Jiale Xu; Chao Chang; Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Peng Tao(*); Tao Deng(*), Paper-based membranes on silicone floaters for efficient and fast solar-driven interfacial evaporation under one sun, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017.8.21, 5(31): 16359~16368 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
13. Fanchen Meng(#); Wei Hao; Shengtao Yu; Rui Feng; Yanming Liu; Fan Yu; Peng Tao; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Chengyi Song(*); Tao Deng(*), Vapor-Enabled Propulsion for Plasmonic Photothermal Motor at the Liquid/Air Interface, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017.9.13, 139(36): 12362~12365 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
14. Zhongyong Wang(#); Zhen Tong; Qinxian Ye; Hang Hu; Xiao Nie; Chen Yan; Wen Shang; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Jun Wang; Hua Bao(*); Peng Tao(*); Tao Deng(*), Dynamic tuning of optical absorbers for accelerated solar-thermal energy storage, Nature Communications, 2017.11.14, 8: 1478 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
15. Yao Zhang(#); Dengwu Zhao; Fan Yu; Chao Yang; Jinwei Lou; Yanming Liu; Yingying Chen; Zhongyong Wang; Peng Tao; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Chengyi Song(*); Tao Deng(*), Floating rGO-based black membranes for solar driven sterilization, Nanoscale, 2017.12.28, 9(48): 19384~19389 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
16. Zhaolong Wang(#); Zhuomin M Zhang; Xiaojun Quan; Ping Cheng(*), A numerical study on effects of surrounding medium, material, and geometry of nanoparticles on solar absorption efficiencies, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.1, 116: 825~832 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
17. Zhaolong Wang(#); Xiaojun Quan; Zhuomin Zhang(*); Ping Cheng(*), Optical absorption of carbon-gold core-shell nanoparticles, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2018.1, 205: 291~298 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
18. Zhaolong Wang(#); Zhuomin M Zhang(*); Xiaojun Quan; Ping Cheng(*), A perfect absorber design using a natural hyperbolic material for harvesting solar energy, Solar Energy, 2018.1.1, 159: 329~336 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
19. Dongmin Wang(#); Cangdan Liu; Xiaojun Quan(*); Ping Cheng, An experimental investigation on periodic single bubble growth and departure from a small heater submerged in a nanofluid containing moderately hydrophilic nanoparticles, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.1.5, 95: 1~8 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
20. Wei Hao(#); Kevin Chiou; Yiming Qiao; Yanming Liu; Chengyi Song; Tao Deng(*); Jiaxing Huang, Crumpled graphene ball-based broadband solar absorbers, Nanoscale, 2018.3.4, 10: 6306 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
21. Dingbin Huang(#); Xiaojun Quan; Ping Cheng(*), An analysis on heterogeneous bubble nucleation around a nanoparticle based on density functional approach, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.3.5, 93: 66~73 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
22. Qingchen Shen(#) ; Zhen Luo; Shuai Ma; Peng Tao; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Wen Shang ; Tao Deng , (*) (*)Bioinspired Infrared Sensing Materials and Systems, Advanced Materials, 2018.5.11, 30(28)：1707632, SCIE, EI,第三标注
23. Tao Lin(#); Jinjing Li; Xiaojun Quan(*); Ping Cheng, A molecular dynamics investigation on effects of nanostructures on thermal conductance across a nanochannel, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.6.1, 97: 118~124 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
24. Zhaolong Wang(#); Zhuomin M Zhang(*); Ping Cheng(*), Natural anisotropic nanoparticles with a broad absorption spectrum for solar energy harvesting, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018.8, 96: 109~113 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
25. Peng Tao(#); George Ni; Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Jia Zhu; Gang Chen; Tao Deng(*), Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, Nature Energy, 2018.11.5, 3: 1031~1041 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
26. Dongmin Wang(#); Ping Cheng(*), A solid-liquid local thermal non-equilibrium lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in nanofluids. Part I: Model development, shear flow and heat conduction in a nanofluid, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019.3, 130: 1288~1298 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
27. Dongmin Wang(#); Ping Cheng(*); Xiaojun Quan, A solid-liquid local thermal non-equilibrium lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in nanofluids. Part II: Natural convection of nanofluids in a square enclosure, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019.3, 130: 1358~1365 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
28. Peng Tao(#); Lei Shu; Jingyi Zhang; Chiahsun Lee; Qinxian Ye; Huaixin Guo; Tao Deng(*), Silicone oil-based solar-thermal fluids dispersed with PDMS-modified Fe3O4@graphene hybrid nanoparticles, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 2018.9.26, 28(5): 554~562 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
29. Qinxian Ye(#); Peng Tao(*); Chao Chang; Linye Zhou; Xiaoliang Zeng(*); Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Tao Deng(*), Form-Stable Solar Thermal Heat Packs Prepared by Impregnating Phase-Changing Materials within Carbon-Coated Copper Foams, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018.12.26, 11(3): 3417~3427 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
30. Rui Feng(#)(*); Yiming Qiao(*); Chengyi Song, A perspective on bio-inspired interfacial systems for solar clean-water generation, MRS Communications, 2019.1.17, 9(1): 3~13 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
31. Lei Shu(#); Jingyi Zhang; Benwei Fu; Jiale Xu; Peng Tao; Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Tao Deng(*), Ethylene glycol-based solar-thermal fluids dispersed with reduced graphene oxide, RSC Advances, 2019.3.26, 9(18): 10282~10288 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
32. Yini Luo(#); Benwei Fu; Qingchen Shen; Wei Hao; Jiale Xu; Mengdie Min; Yanming Liu; Shun An; Chengyi Song; Peng Tao; Jianbo Wu; Wen Shang; Tao Deng(*), Patterned Surfaces for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019.1.28, 11(7): 7584~7590 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
33. Xinyu Wang(#); Yanming Liu; Rui Feng; Yao Zhang; Chao Chang; Benwei Fu; Tian Luan; Peng Tao; Wen Shang; Jianbo Wu; Chengyi Song; Tao Deng(*), Solar-driven high-temperature steam generation at ambient pressure, Progress In Natural Science-materials International, 2019.3.18, 29(1): 10~15 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
34. Chao Chang(#); Peng Tao; Jiale Xu; Benwei Fu; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Wen Shang; Tao Deng(*), High-Efficiency Superheated Steam Generation for Portable Sterilization under Ambient Pressure and Low Solar Flux, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019.5.3, 11(20): 18466~18474 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
35. Zhaolong Wang(#); Ping Cheng(*), Enhancements of absorption and photothermal conversion of solar energy enabled by surface plasmon resonances in nanoparticles and metamaterials, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019.6.12, 140: 453~482 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
36. Dongmin Wang(#); Ping Cheng(*); Xiaojun Quan, Photothermal nanobubble nucleation on a plasmonic nanoparticle: A 3D lattice Boltzmann simulation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019.6.18, 140: 786~797 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
37. Benwei Fu(#); Jingyi Zhang; Huanbei Chen; Huaixin Guo; Chengyi Song; Wen Shang; Peng Tao; Tao Deng(*), Optical nanofluids for direct absorption-based solar-thermal energy harvesting at medium-to-high temperature, Current Opinion In Chemical Engineering, 2019.8.26, 25: 51~56 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文
38. Jiale Xu(#); Zizhao Wang; Chao Chang; Chengyi Song; Jianbo Wu; Wen Shang; Peng Tao; Tao Deng(*), Electrically driven interfacial evaporation for high-efficiency steam generation and sterilization, ACS Omega, 2019.9.26, 4(15): 16603~16611 ; SCIE, EI 期刊论文