The solar-driven interface evaporation technology (SDIE) is an innovative and environmentally friendly desalination method, highly favored by researchers due to its low energy consumption, high efficiency, absence of secondary pollution, and alignment with sustainable development principles. By utilizing widely distributed solar energy as the driving force and employing simple and portable photothermal evaporation structures as the core component, SDIE achieves efficient energy conversion and demonstrates excellent seawater desalination capabilities. Consequently, it has gained significant attention from researchers in both seawater desalination systems and water treatment applications. This paper presents a knowledge framework on seawater SDIE through scientometric analysis of academic documents from 2014 to 2023. The technology is visually analyzed using collaborative networks, reference co-citation networks, and keyword co-discovery techniques. The results demonstrate an exponential increase in the number of documents published over time, highlighting the growing significance of SDIE techniques in interdisciplinary research. Furthermore, this manuscript clarifies the main focus areas in current research including desalination performance evaluation, development of high efficient photothermal materials, system design optimization as well as mechanism analysis. Additionally, existing challenges and future research directions are proposed to provide guidance for SDIE further research.

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基于文献计量管理与分析的太阳能界面蒸发技术热点与趋势

太阳能驱动界面蒸发技术（SDIE）是一种创新、环保的海水淡化方法，因其能耗低、效率高、无二次污染、符合可持续发展原则而备受研究人员青睐。SDIE利用广泛分布的太阳能作为驱动力，以简单便携的光热蒸发结构为核心部件，实现高效的能量转换，展现出优异的海水淡化能力。因此，它引起了海水淡化系统和水处理应用研究人员的极大关注。本文通过对2014年至2023年学术文献的科学计量分析，提出了海水SDIE的知识框架。利用协作网络、参考同被引网络和关键词共发现技术对该技术进行了可视化分析。结果表明，随着时间的推移，发表的文档数量呈指数级增长，凸显了 SDIE 技术在跨学科研究中日益重要的意义。此外，本文阐明了当前研究的主要重点领域，包括海水淡化性能评估、高效光热材料的开发、系统设计优化以及机理分析。此外，还提出了现有的挑战和未来的研究方向，为 SDIE 的进一步研究提供指导。