All-day fresh water harvesting by microstructured hydrogel membranes

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(2020) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability

(2020) Youhong Guo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Solar Energy Triggered Clean Water Harvesting from Humid Air Existing above Sea Surface Enabled by a Hydrogel with Ultrahigh Hygroscopicity

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Tailoring Nanoscale Surface Topography of Hydrogel for Efficient Solar Vapor Generation

(2019) Youhong Guo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasmon Based Double‐Layer Hydrogel Device for a Highly Efficient Solar Vapor Generation

(2019) Zeyu Sun et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synergistic Energy Nanoconfinement and Water Activation in Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Desalination

(2019) Youhong Guo et al.   ACS Nano

Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

(2019) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Graphene-Based Standalone Solar Energy Converter for Water Desalination and Purification

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   ACS Nano

A hydrogel-based antifouling solar evaporator for highly efficient water desalination

(2018) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solar Absorber Material and System Designs for Photothermal Water Vaporization towards Clean Water and Energy Production

(2018) Minmin Gao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A salt-rejecting floating solar still for low-cost desalination

(2018) George Ni et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting

(2018) Xianming Dai et al.   Science Advances

Electrostatically driven fog collection using space charge injection

(2018) Maher Damak et al.   Science Advances

Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels

(2018) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

(2018) Peng Tao et al.   Nature Energy

Evaporation From Soil Containers With Irregular Shapes

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Large-scale water collection of bioinspired cavity-microfibers

(2017) Ye Tian et al.   Nature Communications

High-Efficiency Fog Collector: Water Unidirectional Transport on Heterogeneous Rough Conical Wires

(2016) Ting Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Tailoring Graphene Oxide-Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sun

(2016) Xiaozhen Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination

(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Steam generation under one sun enabled by a floating structure with thermal concentration

(2016) George Ni et al.   Nature Energy

Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation

(2016) L. Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Multifunctional Porous Graphene for High-Efficiency Steam Generation by Heat Localization

(2015) Yoshikazu Ito et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dropwise condensation theory revisited Part II. Droplet nucleation density and condensation heat flux

(2015) Xiuliang Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Flexible thin-film black gold membranes with ultrabroadband plasmonic nanofocusing for efficient solar vapour generation

(2015) Kyuyoung Bae et al.   Nature Communications

Branched ZnO Wire Structures for Water Collection Inspired by Cacti

(2014) Xin Heng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recurrent Filmwise and Dropwise Condensation on a Beetle Mimetic Surface

(2014) Youmin Hou et al.   ACS Nano

Cactus Stem Inspired Cone-Arrayed Surfaces for Efficient Fog Collection

(2014) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Water Collection on Integrative Bioinspired Surfaces with Star-Shaped Wettability Patterns

(2014) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network Structures for Fog Harvesting

(2013) Kyoo-Chul Park et al.   LANGMUIR

Fog-water collection for community use

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A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Controlled Fabrication and Water Collection Ability of Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2011) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Structures for Fog Harvesting

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Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

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