| Literature DB >> 28408720 |
Hyunho Kim1, Sungwoo Yang1, Sameer R Rao1, Shankar Narayanan1, Eugene A Kapustin2,3, Hiroyasu Furukawa2,3, Ari S Umans1, Omar M Yaghi4,3,5, Evelyn N Wang6.
Abstract
Atmospheric water is a resource equivalent to ~10% of all fresh water in lakes on Earth. However, an efficient process for capturing and delivering water from air, especially at low humidity levels (down to 20%), has not been developed. We report the design and demonstration of a device based on a porous metal-organic framework {MOF-801, [Zr6O4(OH)4(fumarate)6]} that captures water from the atmosphere at ambient conditions by using low-grade heat from natural sunlight at a flux of less than 1 sun (1 kilowatt per square meter). This device is capable of harvesting 2.8 liters of water per kilogram of MOF daily at relative humidity levels as low as 20% and requires no additional input of energy.Entities:
Year: 2017 PMID： 28408720 DOI： 10.1126/science.aam8743
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728