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ADVANCED MATERIALS
卷 35, 期 35, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302038
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atmospheric water harvesting; hygroscopic materials; polyelectrolyte hydrogels; thermodynamics; waste heat
This paper introduces a sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) method and proposes a polyelectrolyte hydrogel sorbent with a hybrid-desorption multicyclic-operation strategy, achieving all-day AWH and increasing daily water production significantly.
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a promising approach for mitigating worldwide water scarcity. However, reliable water supply driven by sustainable energy regardless of diurnal variation and weather remains a long-standing challenge. To address this issue, a polyelectrolyte hydrogel sorbent with an optimal hybrid-desorption multicyclic-operation strategy is proposed, achieving all-day AWH and a significant increase in daily water production. The polyelectrolyte hydrogel possesses a large interior osmotic pressure of 659 atm, which refreshes sorption sites by continuously migrating the sorbed water within its interior, and thus enhancing sorption kinetics. The charged polymeric chains coordinate with hygroscopic salt ions, anchoring the salts and preventing agglomeration and leakage, thereby enhancing cyclic stability. The hybrid desorption mode, which couples solar energy and simulated waste heat, introduces a uniform and adjustable sorbent temperature for achieving all-day ultrafast water release. With rapid sorption-desorption kinetics, an optimization model suggests that eight moisture capture-release cycles are capable of achieving high water yield of 2410 mL(water) kg(sorbent)(-1) day(-1), up to 3.5 times that of single-cyclic non-hybrid modes. The polyelectrolyte hydrogel sorbent and the coupling with sustainable energy driven desorption mode pave the way for the next-generation AWH systems, significantly bringing freshwater on a multi-kilogram scale closer.
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