Natural vascular plants leaves rely on differences in osmotic pressure, transpiration and
guttation to produce tons of clean water, powered by sunlight. Inspired by this, we report a …

The integration of renewable solar energy-driven interfacial evaporation and photocatalysis
has recently emerged as one of the most promising technologies for simultaneous …

Producing clean water through green technology solutions to ensure a sustainable water
supply has attracted tremendous research attention. Solar steam generation (SSG) and fog …

The enormous reserves of atmospheric freshwater have been explored as a sustainable
water resource to meet water needs in arid areas with suitable water sorbent material …

Water harvesting is a core technology for collecting fresh water in arid areas. In this study,
we design a three-dimensional cactus stem-inspired water harvesting system (WHS) with …

Hydrogels are promising soft materials for energy and environmental applications, including
sustainable and off-grid water purification and harvesting. A current impediment to …

Both antigravity directional water transport and ultrafast evaporation are critical to achieving
a high-performance moisture-wicking fabric. The transpiration in vascular plants possess …

Freshwater scarcity is threatening the health and life of people. As a portable water
purification route, solar-driven water evaporation has attracted great attention. Although …

Collection of water from the atmosphere is a potential route to alleviate the global water
shortage. However, it is still difficult to find a strategy to collect sufficient water on a large …

The development of technologies to enable fresh water harvesting from atmospheric
moisture could help overcome the problem of potable water scarcity. Here, an atmospheric …