Sorption‐Based Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Materials, Components, Systems, and Applications DOI Open Access

Akram Entezari,

Oladapo Christopher Esan, Xiaohui Yan

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(40)

Published: March 4, 2023

Freshwater scarcity is a global challenge posing threats to the lives and daily activities of humankind such that two-thirds population currently experience water shortages. Atmospheric water, irrespective geographical location, considered as an alternative source. Sorption-based atmospheric harvesting (SAWH) has recently emerged efficient strategy for decentralized production. SAWH thus opens up self-sustaining source freshwater can potentially support various applications. In this review, state-of-the-art SAWH, considering its operation principle, thermodynamic analysis, energy assessment, materials, components, different designs, productivity improvement, scale-up, application drinking first extensively explored. Thereafter, practical integration potential beyond wide range utilities in agriculture, fuel/electricity production, thermal management building services, electronic devices, textile are comprehensively discussed. The strategies reduce human reliance on natural resources by integrating into existing technologies, particularly underdeveloped countries, order satisfy interconnected needs food, energy, also examined. This study further highlights urgent need future research directions intensify design development hybrid-SAWH systems sustainability diverse

Language: Английский

Evolution of water structures in metal-organic frameworks for improved atmospheric water harvesting DOI
Nikita Hanikel, Xiaokun Pei, Saumil Chheda

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 374(6566), P. 454 - 459

Published: Oct. 22, 2021

Designing water uptake Although the locations of molecules in some porous materials have been determined with diffraction techniques, determining filling sequence sites has challenging. Hanikel et al . used single-crystal x-ray to locate all pores metal-organic framework MOF-303 at different loadings (see Perspective by Öhrström and Amombo Noa). They this information on molecule adsorption modify linkers MOF control water-harvesting properties from humid air for temperature regimes. —PDS

Language: Английский

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479
Trilayer Metal–Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications DOI
Fatemeh Shahbazi Farahani, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Abolhassan Noori

et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 144(8), P. 3411 - 3428

Published: Feb. 15, 2022

The need for enhanced energy storage and improved catalysts has led researchers to explore advanced functional materials sustainable production storage. Herein, we demonstrate a reductive electrosynthesis approach prepare layer-by-layer (LbL) assembled trimetallic Fe–Co–Ni metal–organic framework (MOF) in which the metal cations within each layer or at interface of two layers are linked one another by bridging 2-amino-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid linkers. Tailoring catalytically active sites an LbL fashion affords highly porous material that exhibits excellent trifunctional electrocatalytic activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (ηj=10 = 116 mV), oxygen 254 as well reduction (half-wave potential 0.75 V vs reference electrode) alkaline solutions. dispersion-corrected density theory calculations suggest prominent catalytic activity MOF HER, OER, ORR is due initial negative adsorption water on nodes elongated O–H bond length H2O molecule. MOF-based Zn–air battery remarkable performance cycling stability over 700 cycles outperform commercial noble benchmarks. When asymmetric device configuration, activated carbon||Fe–Co–Ni supercapacitor provides superb specific power up 56.2 W h kg–1 42.2 kW kg–1, respectively. This work offers not only novel multimetallic but also benchmark multifunctional electrocatalyst splitting batteries.

Language: Английский

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234
Materials Engineering for Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Progress and Perspectives DOI
Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi, Youhong Guo

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(12)

Published: Feb. 5, 2022

Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is emerging as a promising strategy to produce fresh from abundant airborne moisture overcome the global clean shortage. The ubiquitous resources allow AWH be free geographical restrictions and potentially realize decentralized applications, making it vital parallel or supplementary freshwater production approach liquid resource-based technologies. Recent advances in regulating chemical properties micro/nanostructures of moisture-harvesting materials have demonstrated new possibilities promote enhanced device performance understandings. This perspective aims provide timely overview on state-of-the-art design how they serve active components AWH. First, key processes AWH, including vapor condensation, droplet nucleation, growth, departure are outlined, desired material based fundamental mechanisms discussed. Then, tailoring materials-water interactions at molecular level play role realizing high uptake low energy consumption shown. Last, challenges outlook further improving designs system engineering aspects highlighted.

Language: Английский

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High-yield, green and scalable methods for producing MOF-303 for water harvesting from desert air DOI
Zhiling Zheng, Ha L. Nguyen, Nikita Hanikel

et al.

Nature Protocols, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 18(1), P. 136 - 156

Published: Oct. 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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199
Best practices for solar water production technologies DOI
Yaoxin Zhang, Swee Ching Tan

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(7), P. 554 - 556

Published: April 18, 2022

Language: Английский

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Salting-in Effect of Zwitterionic Polymer Hydrogel Facilitates Atmospheric Water Harvesting DOI Creative Commons
Sara Aleid, Mengchun Wu, Renyuan Li

et al.

ACS Materials Letters, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. 511 - 520

Published: Feb. 24, 2022

Hygroscopic salt-hydrogel composite sorbents have attracted increasing attention for atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) applications but suffer from the salting-out effect. To this end, work, first time, discovers that salting-in effect possessed by a zwitterionic hydrogel is able to facilitate vapor sorption hygroscopic salt under otherwise same conditions. For demonstration, of poly-[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide (PDMAPS) was synthesized, and LiCl embedded into PDMAPS produce composite. not only endows sorbent with high capacity also facilitates dissociation self-association between cationic anionic groups PDMAPS. This evaluated confirmed experimentally via density functional theory (DFT) calculation. The renders matrix enhanced swelling capacity, leading sorbent's AWH performance. With photothermal component CNT integrated sorbent, fully solar energy-driven process demonstrated outdoors. study provides important guidance design hydrogel-based sorbents.

Language: Английский

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177
Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting DOI Creative Commons

Chuxin Lei,

Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan

et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 61(13)

Published: Jan. 28, 2022

Abstract Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is regarded as one of the promising strategies for freshwater production desirable to provide sustainable landlocked and arid regions. Hygroscopic materials have attracted widespread attention because their performance. However, introduction many inorganic salts often leads aggregation leakage issues in practical use. Here, polyzwitterionic hydrogels are developed an effective AWH material platform. Via anti‐polyelectrolyte effects, hygroscopic salt coordinated with polymer chains could capture moisture enhance swelling property, leading a strong sorption capacity. The hydrogel shows superior performance (0.62 g −1 , 120 minutes equilibrium at 30 % relative humidity) produces 5.87 L kg per day. It anticipated that unique salt‐responsive properties new insights into design synthesis next‐generation materials.

Language: Английский

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167
High-yield solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting of metal–organic-framework-derived nanoporous carbon with fast-diffusion water channels DOI
Yan Song, Ning Xu, Guoliang Liu

et al.

Nature Nanotechnology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(8), P. 857 - 863

Published: May 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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167
Tailoring the Desorption Behavior of Hygroscopic Gels for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Climates DOI Creative Commons
Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi, James H. Zhang

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(37)

Published: July 28, 2022

The ubiquitous nature of atmospheric moisture makes it a significant water resource available at any geographical location. Atmospheric harvesting (AWH) technology, which extracts from the ambient air to generate clean water, is promising strategy realize decentralized production. high uptake by salt-based sorbents them attractive for AWH, especially in arid environments. However, they often have relatively desorption heat, rendering release an energy-intensive process. A LiCl-incorporating polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAM-LiCl) capable effective environments proposed. interactions between hydrophilic network and captured more free weakly bonded significantly lowering heat compared with conventional neat salt sorbents. Benefiting affinity swelling polymer backbones, developed PAM-LiCl achieves ≈1.1 g g-1 20% RH fast sorption kinetics ≈0.008 min-1 further demonstrates daily yield up ≈7 this condition. These findings provide new pathway synthesis materials efficient absorption/desorption properties, reach energy-efficient AWH climates.

Language: Английский

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An Asymmetric Hygroscopic Structure for Moisture‐Driven Hygro‐Ionic Electricity Generation and Storage DOI
Yaoxin Zhang, Shuai Guo, Zhi Gen Yu

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(21)

Published: March 26, 2022

The interactions between moisture and materials give rise to the possibility of moisture-driven energy generation (MEG). Current MEG devices only establish this interaction during water sorption in specific configurations, conversion is eventually ceased by saturated uptake. This paper reports an asymmetric hygroscopic structure (AHS) that simultaneously achieves harvesting storage from absorption. AHS constructed deposition a ionic hydrogel over layer functionalized carbon. Water absorbed air creates wet-dry asymmetry across hence in-plane electric field. can be perpetually maintained even after triggers spontaneous development electrical double (EDL) carbon surface, which termed hygro-ionic process, accounting for capacitive properties AHS. A peak power density 70 µW cm-3 was realized geometry optimization. shows ability recharged either itself owing self-regeneration effect or via external means, allows it serve as device. In addition insights into moisture-material interaction, AHSs further potential electronics powering assembled devices.

Language: Английский

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131