Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

Hyunho Kim; Sameer R. Rao; Eugene A. Kapustin; Lin Zhao; Sungwoo Yang; Omar M. Yaghi; Evelyn N. Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03162-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

Hyunho Kim,
Sameer R. Rao,
Eugene A. Kapustin,
Lin Zhao,
Sungwoo Yang,
Omar M. Yaghi,
Evelyn N. Wang

Affiliations

Hyunho Kim: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sameer R. Rao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eugene A. Kapustin: Department of Chemistry, Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, and Berkeley Global Science Institute, University of California–Berkeley
Lin Zhao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sungwoo Yang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Omar M. Yaghi: Department of Chemistry, Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, and Berkeley Global Science Institute, University of California–Berkeley
Evelyn N. Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03162-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Harvesting water from the atmosphere is an important solution to water scarcity, but doing so in arid climates is highly challenging. Here, the authors develop a metal-organic framework-based water harvesting device that can deliver over 0.25 L of water per kg of adsorbent over a single cycle at relative humidities of 10–40% and at subzero dew points.

Published in Nature Communications

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