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A magnetic field induced photothermal evaporator assembled by carbon-coated Fe3O4(Fe3O4@C) nanoparticles, which revealed the adjustable surface structure corresponding to the relative distance to magnet. The optimized evaporator assembled by Fe3O4@C showed a uniform spiny surface contributing to an obvious improvement on evaporation rate under illumination and lower performance degradation in long-term desalination.