Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(4), P. 1462 - 1462
Published: Feb. 11, 2025
Climate
change
continues
to
exacerbate
water
scarcity
by
altering
global
weather
patterns
and
intensifying
extreme
climatic
events.
This
review
examines
the
potential
of
atmospheric
generation
technologies
mitigate
under
such
conditions.
By
leveraging
a
multidisciplinary
approach,
we
advancements
in
fog
harvesting,
sorption-based
systems,
membrane
technologies,
radiative
sky
cooling,
cloud
seeding.
A
special
emphasis
is
placed
on
passive
systems
utilizing
renewable
energy
address
challenges
high
demands.
Predictive
tools
as
machine
learning,
climate
models,
geographic
information
are
explored
optimize
deployment
shifting
article
outlines
critical
innovations
materials,
economic
considerations,
policy
frameworks
required
for
transition
from
niche
mainstream
solutions.
These
findings
aim
inform
sustainable
strategies
tackling
context
challenges.
Device,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
1(4), P. 100099 - 100099
Published: Oct. 1, 2023
Atmospheric
water
harvesting
(AWH)
is
a
promising
approach
to
providing
fresh
areas
without
access
large
bodies
of
freshwater
and
mitigating
imbalanced
distribution.
Besides
material
innovations,
researchers
have
explored
different
design
strategies
for
these
AWH
devices,
which
can
be
divided
into
monocyclic
multicyclic
types.
Monocyclic
harvesters
further
categorized
those
using
upward
vapor
escape,
research
efforts
focused
on
reducing
top
cover
heating
increasing
sorption
capacity,
downward
heat
recycling
cooling
enhance
condensation
efficiency.
Notably,
some
devices
utilize
radiative
require
zero
external
energy
input.
For
harvesters,
optimizing
the
sorbents'
uptake
kinetics
device
geometry
guarantee
continuous
harvesting.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(11)
Published: Dec. 9, 2023
Droplet
impact
is
a
ubiquitous
liquid
behavior
that
closely
tied
to
human
life
and
production,
making
indispensable
impacts
on
the
big
world.
Nature-inspired
superhydrophobic
surfaces
provide
powerful
platform
for
regulating
droplet
dynamics.
The
collision
between
classic
phenomena
of
advanced
manufacture
lighting
up
future.
Accurately
understanding,
predicting,
tailoring
dynamic
behaviors
are
progressive
steps
integrate
into
versatile
applications
further
improve
efficiency.
In
this
review,
progress
phenomena,
mechanisms,
regulations,
surfaces,
bridging
gap
impact,
engineering
comprehensively
summarized.
It
highlighted
contact
rebound
two
focal
points,
their
fundamentals
regulations
elaborately
designed
discussed
in
detail.
For
first
time,
diverse
classified
four
categories
according
requirements
rebound.
remaining
challenges
also
pointed
out
future
directions
trigger
subsequent
research
from
both
scientific
applied
perspectives
outlined.
review
expected
general
framework
understanding
utilizing
impact.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(51), P. 28284 - 28295
Published: Dec. 13, 2023
We
construct
a
data
set
of
metal-organic
framework
(MOF)
linkers
and
employ
fine-tuned
GPT
assistant
to
propose
MOF
linker
designs
by
mutating
modifying
the
existing
structures.
This
strategy
allows
model
learn
intricate
language
chemistry
in
molecular
representations,
thereby
achieving
an
enhanced
accuracy
generating
structures
compared
with
its
base
models.
Aiming
highlight
significance
design
strategies
advancing
discovery
water-harvesting
MOFs,
we
conducted
systematic
variant
expansion
upon
state-of-the-art
MOF-303
utilizing
multidimensional
approach
that
integrates
extension
multivariate
tuning
strategies.
synthesized
series
isoreticular
aluminum
termed
Long-Arm
MOFs
(LAMOF-1
LAMOF-10),
featuring
bear
various
combinations
heteroatoms
their
five-membered
ring
moiety,
replacing
pyrazole
either
thiophene,
furan,
or
thiazole
rings
combination
two.
Beyond
consistent
robust
architecture,
as
demonstrated
permanent
porosity
thermal
stability,
LAMOF
offers
generalizable
synthesis
strategy.
Importantly,
these
10
LAMOFs
establish
new
benchmarks
for
water
uptake
(up
0.64
g
g-1)
operational
humidity
ranges
(between
13
53%),
expanding
diversity
MOFs.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(27)
Published: April 18, 2024
Abstract
Sorption‐based
atmospheric
water
harvesting
(SAWH)
is
a
promising
technology
to
alleviate
freshwater
scarcity.
Recently,
hygroscopic
salt‐hydrogel
composites
(HSHCs)
have
emerged
as
attractive
candidates
with
their
high
uptake,
versatile
designability,
and
scale‐up
fabrication.
However,
achieving
high‐performance
SAWH
applications
for
HSHCs
has
been
challenging
because
of
sluggish
kinetics,
attributed
limited
mass
transport
properties.
Herein,
universal
network
engineering
hydrogels
using
cryogelation
method
presented,
significantly
improving
the
kinetics
HSHCs.
As
result
entangled
mesh
confinements
formed
during
cryogelation,
stable
macroporous
topology
attained
maintained
within
obtained
entangled‐mesh
(EMHs),
leading
enhanced
properties
compared
conventional
dense
(CDHs).
With
it,
corresponding
EMHs
(HEMHs)
simultaneously
exhibit
faster
moisture
sorption
solar‐driven
desorption.
Consequently,
rapid‐cycling
HEMHs‐based
harvester
delivers
practical
production
2.85
L
kg
sorbents
−1
day
via
continuous
eight
sorption/desorption
cycles,
outperforming
other
state‐of‐the‐art
hydrogel‐based
sorbents.
Significantly,
generalizability
this
strategy
validated
by
extending
it
used
in
Overall,
work
offers
new
approach
efficiently
address
long‐standing
challenges
current
HSHCs,
promoting
them
toward
next‐generation
applications.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(19)
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Abstract
Large‐scale
photocatalytic
water‐splitting
panel
reactor
system
is
developed
and
demonstrated
its
commercial
feasibility.
However,
water
scarcity
one
of
the
leading
challenges
for
sustainable
development
hydrogen
generation
in
a
well‐lit
area.
Here,
harvesting
form
air‐photothermal
evaporation‐photocatalytic
evolution
(AWPH)
devised.
The
hybrid
comprising
carbonized
wood
(CWx)
combined
with
hygroscopic
salt
ZnCl
2
Pt‐modified
g‐C
3
N
4
nanosheets
(Pt‐CN)
as
photocatalyst
developed,
which
has
vertical
pore
structure
that
can
provide
attachment
sites
salt.
adsorbed
by
driven
along
channels
to
due
photothermal
conversion
effect.
bi‐phase
interfaces
vapor/photocatalyst/hydrogen
produced
photothermal‐photocatalytic
significantly
reduce
interface
barrier
substantially
lower
resistance
transport.
CW550
exhibited
uptake
0.56
g
−1
yield
21.99
µmol
cm
−2
under
100
mW
illumination
at
flow
rate
mL
min
5
h
half
atmospheric
pressure.
Chemical Engineering Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
492, P. 152303 - 152303
Published: May 16, 2024
Hydrogels
are
emerging
as
an
ideal
platform
for
sustainable
water
and
energy
nexuses
due
to
their
low-cost,
ease
of
processing,
versatile
functions,
unique
structural
networks,
high
adaptability.
The
establishment
a
solar-thermal-electricity
system
assumes
critical
importance
in
achieving
effective
solar
utilization.
This
review
focuses
on
recent
advances
hydrogel-enabled
steam
generation
(SGG)
atmospheric
harvesting
(AWH)
systems
discuss
extended
applications
renewable
energy,
such
thermal-electricity
green
hydrogen
generation.
Furthermore,
advanced
material
development
various
engineering
strategies
proposed
enhance
efficiency,
taking
into
account
the
fundamental
structure–property-application
relationships
(SPAR).
Finally,
research
challenges
future
opportunities
studies
industrial
implementation
hydrogel-based
freshwater
put
forward.
