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. 2020 Oct 16;6(42):eabc8605. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8605

Fig. 5. Photothermal engineering and structural design.

Fig. 5

(A) Schematic illustration and digital image of the PCA-MOF cone array. (B) TEM image of the Au@MIL-101(Cr) nanoparticles. The enlarged image shows the HRTEM of Au nanoparticles, and the histogram shows the corresponding size distribution. (C) Reflectance spectra of the PC, PC-MOF, and PCA-MOF. (D) Temperature changes of the PC, PC-MOF, and PCA-MOF over time under 1 sun solar irradiation. (E) Daily on-off cycle: Daily water uptake performance of the PCA-MOF cone array using solar-assisted regeneration. Continuous: Total amount of water uptake after 12 hours (11:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m.) and 24 hours (11:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., next day) without solar-assisted regeneration. (F) Water sorption (2 hours)–release (1 hour) cycles for the PCA-MOF. Photo credit: Gamze Yilmaz, National University of Singapore.