The invention belongs to the technical field of solar
evaporator hydrogel, and particularly relates to salt-resistant hydrogel as well as a preparation method and application thereof. According to the invention,
sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is introduced as a first network, 3-[N, N-dimethyl-[2-(2-methylpropyl-2-enoyloxy) ethyl]
ammonium]
propane-1-
sulfonic acid inner salt and 2-hydroxyethyl methylacrylate are taken as monomers, deionized water is taken as a
solvent, carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes are taken as a
photothermal conversion material, an
ammonium persulfate aqueous solution is taken as an initiator, and N, N-
dimethylformamide is taken as a second network; according to the preparation method, a second network is formed by taking a cross-linking agent N, N '-
methylene bisacrylamide as a cross-linking agent, the hydrogel with
salt resistance and high
evaporation rate is obtained, the hydrogel has high
evaporation rate (the
evaporation rate is 3.79 kg m <-2 > h <-1 >) and good mechanical properties (the strain is 175% and the stress is 23 kPa), and the problem that existing
evaporator hydrogel cannot give consideration to
salt resistance, high
evaporation rate and mechanical properties at the same time is solved.