[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 …

Laser-engineered graphene on wood enables efficient antibacterial, anti-salt-fouling, and lipophilic-matter-rejection solar evaporation

L Huang, L Ling, J Su, Y Song, Z Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Advances in solar steam generation have made a promise in mitigating the water scarcity
problem. However, their practical use could be curtailed by the vaporized pollutants and the …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinspired graphene membrane with temperature tunable channels for water gating and molecular separation

J Liu, N Wang, LJ Yu, A Karton, W Li, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Smart regulation of substance permeability through porous membranes is highly desirable
for membrane applications. Inspired by the stomatal closure feature of plant leaves at …

Bioinspired graphene aerogels with hybrid wettability for solar-driven purification of complex wastewater

Y Li, X Yang, S Yan, J Yang, X Jia… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Salt deposition and pollutant enrichment greatly hamper efficient and sustainable water
production for a solar evaporator. Inspired by the desert beetle, a dual-region hydrophobic …

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

H Zou, X Meng, X Zhao, J Qiu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global
water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization …

[HTML][HTML] Ionization engineering of hydrogels enables highly efficient salt-impeded solar evaporation and night-time electricity harvesting

N He, H Wang, H Zhang, B Jiang, D Tang, L Li - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Interfacial solar evaporation holds immense potential for brine desalination with low carbon
footprints and high energy utilization. Hydrogels, as a tunable material platform from the …

High‐efficiency water‐transport channels using the synergistic effect of a hydrophilic polymer and graphene oxide laminates

K Huang, G Liu, J Shen, Z Chu, H Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide (GO) laminates possess unprecedented fast water‐transport channels.
However, how to fully utilize these unique channels in order to maximize the separation …

Efficient Water Transport and Solar Steam Generation via Radially, Hierarchically Structured Aerogels

W Xu, Y Xing, J Liu, H Wu, Y Cui, D Li, D Guo, C Li… - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
A nature-inspired water-cycling system, akin to trees, to perform effective water and solar
energy management for photosynthesis and transpiration is considered to be a promising …

Porifera-inspired cost-effective and scalable “porous hydrogel sponge” for durable and highly efficient solar-driven desalination

Z Wang, X Wu, J Dong, X Yang, F He, S Peng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogel evaporator is becoming an excellent platform for solar-driven water purification.
However, the cost effectiveness and scalability of hydrogel-based evaporate materials is still …

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 …