Efficient Aerial Water Harvesting with Self-Sensing Dynamic Janus Crystals.

ABSTRACT: Water scarcity is one of the most pressing issues of contemporary societal development that requires innovative technologies where the material not only harvests water but also plays an active role in the process. Here, we demonstrate a highly efficient optical self-sensing approach to humidity capture from the air, where both humidity-harvesting and water-transduction functionalities are imparted on slender organic crystals by partial silanization via layer-by-layer hybridization. We report that due to the integration of the harvesting of aerial moisture and the collection of the condensed water, the ensuing Janus-type crystals capture humidity with the highest-to-date water collection efficiency of 15.96 ± 0.63 g cm^-2 h^-1. The water-collecting elements are also capa

SUBMITTER: Lan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11544689 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature