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Published on: March 1, 2020
An encapsulation protocol of salt-based composite sorbents for atmospheric water harvesting
He Shan1, Quanwen Pan1, Chunfeng Li1
1Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Engineering Research Center of Solar Energy (MOE China), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
Abstract:
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) is a feasible and sustainable approach to address water scarcity issues. Featuring the high affinity of hygroscopic salts with water vapor, salt-based composite sorbents have been widely used. However, the risk of salt solution leakage is still challenging. In this protocol, we introduce a porous waterproof and moisture-permeable membrane encapsulation technique to develop salt-based sorbents. The high salt content composites (HSCC-Ex) exhibit remarkably high salt content of 80 wt % without the risk of leakage. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Shan et al. (2021).
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