Plant leaves inspired sunlight-driven purifier for high-efficiency clean water production

oleh: Hongya Geng, Qiang Xu, Mingmao Wu, Hongyun Ma, Panpan Zhang, Tiantian Gao, Liangti Qu, Tianbao Ma, Chun Li

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01

Deskripsi

Natural leaves can purify water under sunlight through a combination of osmotic pressure, transpiration, and guttation effects. Here the authors design a composite material mimicking these combined effects, achieving sunlight-driven pure water production from brine with high collection rate.