Hydrogels for bioinspired soft robots

CS Park, YW Kang, H Na, JY Sun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the ever-advancing landscape of industrial robotics, soft robots in particular have
attracted substantial attention due to their remarkable structural adaptability and high …

Sustainable moisture energy

J Xu, P Wang, Z Bai, H Cheng, R Wang, L Qu… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Harvesting energy from the ambient is a promising approach to fulfil decentralized energy
demands and facilitate the transition to low-carbon economy. Moisture-sorption-based …

Solar‐driven drum‐type atmospheric water harvester based on bio‐based gels with fast adsorption/desorption kinetics

H Zhou, L Yan, D Tang, T Xu, L Dai, C Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting is an attractive technology for exploiting
unconventional water sources. A critical challenge is how to facilitate fast and continuous …

All‐day multicyclic atmospheric water harvesting enabled by polyelectrolyte hydrogel with hybrid desorption mode

H Shan, P Poredoš, Z Ye, H Qu, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a promising approach for mitigating
worldwide water scarcity. However, reliable water supply driven by sustainable energy …

3D Printed cellulose nanofiber aerogel scaffold with hierarchical porous structures for fast solar‐driven atmospheric water harvesting

P Zhu, Z Yu, H Sun, D Zheng, Y Zheng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hygroscopic salt‐based composite sorbents are considered ideal candidates for solar‐
driven atmospheric water harvesting. The primary challenge for the sorbents lies in exposing …

Ultrahigh solar-driven atmospheric water production enabled by scalable rapid-cycling water harvester with vertically aligned nanocomposite sorbent

J Xu, T Li, T Yan, S Wu, M Wu, J Chao, X Huo… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a globally significant challenge threatening the development of
human society. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting offers an appealing way to …

Best practices for solar water production technologies

Y Zhang, SC Tan - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
We need consensus to accurately evaluate the performance and potential of emerging water
production technologies, such as solar evaporation and atmospheric water harvesting. Here …

Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Exceptional water production yield enabled by batch-processed portable water harvester in semi-arid climate

H Shan, C Li, Z Chen, W Ying, P Poredoš, Z Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting has the potential to realize water production
anytime, anywhere, but reaching a hundred-gram high water yield in semi-arid climates is …

Device design and optimization of sorption-based atmospheric water harvesters

S Guo, Y Zhang, SC Tan - Device, 2023 - cell.com
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a promising approach to providing fresh water to
areas without access to large bodies of freshwater and mitigating imbalanced water …