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Dr. Can GE

PhD - Soochow University (2025) 
BSc - Soochow University (2020)

Email:

cange4@cityu.edu.hk 

gecan1999gc@163.com ​

Bio

Dr. Ge holds dual B.S. degrees in Nonwoven Materials and Engineering & International Economics and Trade, as well as a Ph.D. in Textile Engineering. Currently, he serves as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. An. He is a recipient of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST. His research focuses on the synergy of fibrous materials in solar-heat-water-electricity. He has published over 20 papers, including Advanced Functional Materials (3), Advanced Science, Nano-Micro Letters, Advanced Fiber Materials, Separation and Purification Technology (2), and Desalination. 

Research Interests

  • Solar desalination and mineral recovery 

  • Hydrovoltaic generator 

  • Flexible fibrous electronics 

  • Wastewater treatment 

Publication

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers:​

  1. Can Ge, Shuai Guo,* Wei Li, Xunlong Zhang, Bin Chen, Xiao Feng, Shichang Yang, Duo Xu,* Zhen Yu, Sai Kishore Ravi, Weilin Xu, Jian Fang,* Swee Ching Tan*. Active Thermal Field Integration for Marangoni-driven Salt Rejection and Water Collection, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 2421067.  

  2. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Yuhang Song, Yingcun Liu, Xiao Feng, Chong Gao, Ze Chen, Keshuai Liu, Zhe Sun,* Jian Fang*. Fibrous solar evaporator with tunable water flow for efficient, self-operating, and sustainable hydroelectricity generation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2403608. 

  3. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Xiao Feng, Xing Yang, Zheheng Song, Yuhang Song, Jingyu Chen, Yingcun Liu, Chong Gao, Yong Du, Zhe Sun,* Weilin Xu,* Jian Fang*. Recent Advances in Fibrous Materials for Hydroelectricity Generation, Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17, 29. 

  4. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Xiao Feng, Heng Du, Ze Chen, Hui Lin Ong, Chong Gao, Guilong Yan,* Jian Fang*. 3D spacer fabric structured airflow channel for enhanced solar desalination with efficient multi-energy harvesting, Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 354, 128849. 

  5. Can Ge, Xiao Feng, Duo Xu,* Keshuai Liu,* Alicia Kyoungjin An,* Jian Fang*. Exploring solar-powered water treatment in outer space: technologies, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable space habitats, Space Habitation, 2025, 100006. 

  6. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Heng Du, Ze Chen, Jingyu Chen, Zhuoer Shen, Weilin Xu, Qian Zhang,* Jian Fang*. Recent advances in fibrous materials for interfacial solar steam generation, Advanced Fiber Materials, 2023, 5, 791-818. 

  7. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Yan Qian, Heng Du, Chong Gao, Zhuoer Shen, Zhe Sun, Jian Fang*. Carbon materials for hybrid evaporation-induced electricity generation systems, Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, 7470-7484.  

  8. Can Ge, Duo Xu, Heng Du, Xiaohan Zhang, Zheheng Song, Haoyue Zhao, Ze Chen, Beibei Song, Zhuoer Shen, Chong Gao, Guilong Yan, Weilin Xu, Jian Fang*. All-in-one evaporators for efficient solar-driven simultaneous collection of water and electricity, Small Methods, 2023, 7, 2300227.  

  9. Ruicheng Zhang, Wenqing Zhang, Haipeng Ren, Keshuai Liu,* Shichang Yang, Bin Chen, Wei Li, Can Ge,* Duo Xu,* Weilin Xu*. A Current-Adaptive Evaporator with Optimized Energy Utilization for Self-Cleaning High-Salinity Desalination. Advanced Functional Materials. 2025, 35, 2414427. 

  10. Wei Li, Bin Chen, Haipeng Ren, Shichang Yang, Ruicheng Zhang, Keshuai Liu,* Can Ge,* Duo Xu,* Hao Yu*. Scalable Sewing Textiles with Optimized Electrothermal Utilization for Efficient All-day Desalination, Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 362, 131782.  

  11. Duo Xu,‡ Can Ge,‡ Ze Chen,‡ Zhixun Zhang,‡ Qian Zhang,* Tao Chen, Chong Gao, Weilin Xu,* Jian Fang*. Photo-Electro-Thermal Textiles for Scalable, High-Performance, and Salt-Resistant Solar-Driven Desalination. Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 2400623. 

  12. Duo Xu,‡ Can Ge,‡ Chong Gao,‡ Qian Zhang,* Ze Chen, Yingcun Liu, Keshuai Liu, Weilin Xu,* Jian Fang*. Sweat and microwave manageable textiles for efficient personal thermal comfort and electromagnetic radiation defend, Composites Science and Technology, 2024, 252, 110622. 

  13. Zheheng Song,‡ Can Ge,‡ Yuhang Song, Zhewei Chen, Beibei Shao, Xianrong Yuan, Jiangyu Chen, Duo Xu, Tao Song, Jian Fang,* Yusheng Wang,* Baoquan Sun*. Synergistic Solar-driven Freshwater Generation and Electricity Output Empowered by Wafer-scale Nanostructured Silicon, Small, 2023, 19, 2205265. 

  14. Duo Xu,‡ Yingcun Liu,‡ Can Ge,‡ Chong Gao, Ze Chen, Ziyi Su, Haoran Gong, Weilin Xu,* Jian Fang*. Chemical Resistant Yarn with Hierarchical Core-Shell Structure for Safety Monitoring and Tunable Thermal Management in High-Risk Environments, Engineering, 2024, 32, 217-225.  

  15. Duo Xu,‡ Chong Gao,‡ Yingcun Liu,‡ Can Ge,‡ Yawen Wei, Zhiyong Peng, Keshuai Liu, Yan Hong, Weilin Xu,* Jian Fang*. Heat-resistant core-sheath yarn sensor with high durability and thermal adaptivity for fire rescue, Device, 2024, 2, 100366.  

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