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 …

Materials engineering for atmospheric water harvesting: progress and perspectives

H Lu, W Shi, Y Guo, W Guan, C Lei, G Yu - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is emerging as a promising strategy to produce fresh
water from abundant airborne moisture to overcome the global clean water shortage. The …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Tailoring the desorption behavior of hygroscopic gels for atmospheric water harvesting in arid climates

H Lu, W Shi, JH Zhang, AC Chen, W Guan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ubiquitous nature of atmospheric moisture makes it a significant water resource
available at any geographical location. Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technology …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …