Due to the intermittent and volatile nature of renewable energy, the mismatch between power generation and electric load becomes a prominent problem. Existing literature proposes to regulate demand through price fluctuation; however, it seldom considers the different requirements of different...

The structures of the solar-thermal membrane always influence the performance of the light absorption and the salt resistance in desalination. Inspired by the hierarchical structure of the coniferous leaves with excellent sunlight absorption in frigid regions, a coniferous leaf-like nickel black...