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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Advances in Hygroscopic Polymer Gels toward Efficient Atmospheric Moisture Capture and Management.

Ruofan Zhou, Yini Hu, Peng Xiao, Jincui Gu, Tao Chen

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ruofan ZhouState Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme-environmental Material Surfaces and Interfaces, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China.
Yini HuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme-environmental Material Surfaces and Interfaces, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China.
Peng XiaoState Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme-environmental Material Surfaces and Interfaces, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China.
Jincui GuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme-environmental Material Surfaces and Interfaces, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China.
Tao ChenState Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme-environmental Material Surfaces and Interfaces, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-9545

Funding

Innovation National Key Research and Development Program 2022YFC2805200Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality 20251JCGY020119Ningbo major Research and Development Plan Project 2024Z101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atmospheric humidity, as a widely distributed environmental resource, holds great potential to create significant value for human society via efficient regulation and utilization. Hygroscopic polymer gels (HPGs) have emerged as a highly promising material platform for atmospheric moisture capture, owing to their highly tunable structures, unique swelling behaviors, and versatile functionality. In this review, recent advances in HPGs, including the hygroscopic mechanisms and state-of-the-art construction strategies, are systematically summarized. Furthermore, cutting-edge applications of HPGs, including atmospheric water harvesting, electricity production, thermal management, fuel production, advanced greenhouses, dehumidification, and HPGs-based electrolytes, are thoroughly discussed. The review places particular emphasis on the urgent need to intensify the design and development of HPGs specifically tailored for sustainable applications in challenging low-humidity arid regions. Finally, the current challenges are summarized, and future research directions for next-generation HPGs in atmospheric moisture management are outlined, aiming to fully harness the potential of atmospheric humidity as an abundant and renewable resource.

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atmospheric moisture capturehygroscopic mechanismshygroscopic polymer gel

Identifiers

PMID41243210
PMCPMC12752633

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