Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments

Youhong Guo; Weixin Guan; Chuxin Lei; Hengyi Lu; Wen Shi; Guihua Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30505-2

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments

Youhong Guo,
Weixin Guan,
Chuxin Lei,
Hengyi Lu,
Wen Shi,
Guihua Yu

Affiliations

Youhong Guo: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Weixin Guan: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Chuxin Lei: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Hengyi Lu: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Wen Shi: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Guihua Yu: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30505-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Extracting atmospheric water is a sustainable strategy to enable decentralized access to safely managed water but remains impractical due to its limited daily water output at low relative humidity. Here, the authors demonstrate a hygroscopic polymer composed of renewable biomass which allows high water uptake at low relative humidity

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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