Fundamental understanding and materials design for atmospheric water harvesting

Abstract

The world is facing a water shortage problem. Two-thirds of the world's population could experience water shortages by 2025. When less than 1% of the water is available for human use and freshwater resources are contaminated by human activities, collecting freshwater resources becomes a widely-researched area nowadays. Therefore, by investigating water condensation behaviours on surfaces with various morphologies and energies, combining this research with Molecular Dynamics and Python simulation, we hope to carry out optimal possible surface designs supported by the findings of our experiments and simulations, to aid in the atmospheric water harvesting process.