Passive, high-efficiency thermally-localized solar desalination

L Zhang, Z Xu, L Zhao, B Bhatia, Y Zhong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar desalination holds significant promise for the water-energy nexus. Recent advances in
passive solar desalination using thermal localization show great potential for high-efficiency …

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: impact of material and component properties on system-level performance

A LaPotin, H Kim, SR Rao… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is the capture and collection of water that
is present in the air either as vapor or small water droplets. AWH has been recognized as a …

Extreme water uptake of hygroscopic hydrogels through maximized swelling‐induced salt loading

G Graeber, CD Díaz‐Marín, LC Gaugler… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hygroscopic hydrogels are emerging as scalable and low‐cost sorbents for atmospheric
water harvesting, dehumidification, passive cooling, and thermal energy storage. However …

[HTML][HTML] Dual-stage atmospheric water harvesting device for scalable solar-driven water production

A LaPotin, Y Zhong, L Zhang, L Zhao, A Leroy, H Kim… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Recent work has demonstrated adsorption-based solar-thermal-driven atmospheric water
harvesting (AWH) in arid regions, but the daily water productivity (L/m 2/day) of devices …

Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight

H Kim, S Yang, SR Rao, S Narayanan, EA Kapustin… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Atmospheric water is a resource equivalent to~ 10% of all fresh water in lakes on Earth.
However, an efficient process for capturing and delivering water from air, especially at low …

A roadmap to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: from molecular sorption mechanism to sorbent design and system optimization

K Yang, T Pan, Q Lei, X Dong, Q Cheng… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH), which uses sorbents to capture
water vapor from the air and low-grade energy to produce fresh liquid water, has been …

Kinetics of sorption in hygroscopic hydrogels

CD Díaz-Marín, L Zhang, Z Lu, M Alshrah… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hygroscopic hydrogels hold significant promise for high-performance atmospheric water
harvesting, passive cooling, and thermal management. However, a mechanistic …

Record atmospheric fresh water capture and heat transfer with a material operating at the water uptake reversibility limit

AJ Rieth, S Yang, EN Wang, M Dincă - ACS central science, 2017 - ACS Publications
The capture of water vapor at low relative humidity is desirable for producing potable water
in desert regions and for heat transfer and storage. Here, we report a mesoporous metal …

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: A review of adsorbents and systems

M Bilal, M Sultan, T Morosuk, W Den, U Sajjad… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) has been an appealing prospect for decades to
overcome water scarcity in remote areas. Adsorption-based AWH technologies have gained …

Tailoring interfaces for atmospheric water harvesting: fundamentals and applications

S Gao, Y Wang, C Zhang, M Jiang, S Wang, Z Wang - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Water is the cradle of life, but the scarcity of freshwater imposed by the ever-increasing
population and pollution threatens human survival. Harvesting fresh water from the …