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 …

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 global demand for clean and safe water will continue to grow well into the 21st century.
Moving forward, the lack of access to clean water, which threatens human health and strains …

Conspectus Growing concern over water scarcity leads to increased research interest in
advanced water purification technologies. Solar water purification, which uses solar energy …