MIT engineers find the hydrogel polyethylene glycol (PEG) doubles its water absorption as temperatures climb from 25 to 50 C, and could be useful for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates.
These moisture-sucking materials could transform air conditioning
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Hydrogels, MIT News
Super moisture-absorbent gel-based AWH. (a) Illustration of the AWH
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Even as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture, MIT News
Recent developments of hydrogel based solar water purification technology - Materials Advances (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D1MA00894C
Portable green energy out of the blue: hydrogel-based energy conversion devices
