Solar-powered sustainable water production: state-of-the-art technologies for sunlight–energy–water nexus

Z Li, X Xu, X Sheng, P Lin, J Tang, L Pan, YV Kaneti… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alternative water resources (seawater, brackish water, atmospheric water, sewage, etc.) can
be converted into clean freshwater via high-efficiency, energy-saving, and cost-effective …

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 …

Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments

Y Guo, W Guan, C Lei, H Lu, W Shi, G Yu - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Extracting ubiquitous atmospheric water is a sustainable strategy to enable decentralized
access to safely managed water but remains challenging due to its limited daily water output …

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 …

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 …

Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting

C Lei, W Guan, Y Zhao, G Yu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is recognized as a crucial strategy to address the
global challenge of water scarcity by tap** into the vast reserves of atmospheric moisture …

Sorption‐based atmospheric water harvesting: materials, components, systems, and applications

A Entezari, OC Esan, X Yan, R Wang… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater scarcity is a global challenge posing threats to the lives and daily activities of
humankind such that two‐thirds of the global population currently experience water …

Boosting the viable water harvesting in solar vapor generation: from interfacial engineering to devices design

P Zhang, H Wang, J Wang, Z Ji, L Qu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Continuously increasing demand for the life‐critical water resource induces severe global
water shortages. It is imperative to advance effective, economic, and environmentally …

Polyzwitterionic hydrogels for efficient atmospheric water harvesting

C Lei, Y Guo, W Guan, H Lu, W Shi… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is regarded as one of the promising strategies for
freshwater production desirable to provide sustainable water for landlocked and arid …

Hygroscopic salt-embedded composite materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting

H Shan, P Poredoš, Z Chen, X Yang, Z Ye… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting has the potential to address water scarcity by
extracting fresh water from the air. The performance of this technology largely depends on …