Atmospheric water harvesting offers a powerful and promising solution to address the problem of global freshwater scarcity.In the past decade,significant progress has been achieved in utilizing hydrolytically stable m...Atmospheric water harvesting offers a powerful and promising solution to address the problem of global freshwater scarcity.In the past decade,significant progress has been achieved in utilizing hydrolytically stable metal-organic frameworks as recyclable water-sorbent materials under low relative humidity,especially in those arid areas.Recently,Yaghi's group has employed a combined crystallographic and theoretical technique to decipher the water filling mechanism in MOF-303,where the polar organic linkers rather than the inorganic units of MOF are demonstrated as the key factor.Hence,the hydrophilic strength of the water-binding pocket in MOFs can be optimized through the approach of multivariate modulations,resulting in enhanced water harvesting properties.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.21471118,21971199,22025106,51202127,91545205,and 91622103)National Key Research and Development Project of China(2018YFA0704000)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2016CFB382)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2042017kf0227,2042019kf0205)。
文摘Atmospheric water harvesting offers a powerful and promising solution to address the problem of global freshwater scarcity.In the past decade,significant progress has been achieved in utilizing hydrolytically stable metal-organic frameworks as recyclable water-sorbent materials under low relative humidity,especially in those arid areas.Recently,Yaghi's group has employed a combined crystallographic and theoretical technique to decipher the water filling mechanism in MOF-303,where the polar organic linkers rather than the inorganic units of MOF are demonstrated as the key factor.Hence,the hydrophilic strength of the water-binding pocket in MOFs can be optimized through the approach of multivariate modulations,resulting in enhanced water harvesting properties.
