System with Thermal Management for Synergistic Water Production, Electricity Generation and Crop Irrigation

Meng Wang; Zixiang He; Haixing Chang; Yen Wei; Shiyu Zhang; Ke Wang; Peng Xie; Rupeng Wang; Nanqi Ren; Shih Hsin Ho

doi:10.1007/s40820-025-01876-0

System with Thermal Management for Synergistic Water Production, Electricity Generation and Crop Irrigation

Meng Wang
, Zixiang He
, Haixing Chang
, Yen Wei
, Shiyu Zhang
, Ke Wang
, Peng Xie
, Rupeng Wang
, Nanqi Ren
, Shih Hsin Ho^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Wuhan University
Tsinghua University

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Dynamic thermal management: the system achieves evaporation rates of 1.91 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ (1 sun) and 0.54 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ (darkness) through energy storage hydrogel-based energy storage evaporator, effectively mitigating intermittent solar availability. Enhanced salinity gradient utilization: integrated reverse electrodialysis (RED) system harvests ~0.30 W m⁻² from desalination-concentrated brine, tripling the output of conventional seawater/surface water RED system. Sustainable resource integration: drainage water enables zero-pollution crop irrigation (shoot length ~87 mm, 7 d), completing the seamless integration of water-energy-food nexus.

Original language	English
Article number	57
Journal	Nano-Micro Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01876-0
State	Published - Dec 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cultivation
Sustainable development
Thermal management
Water/electricity cogeneration
Water–energy–food nexus

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System with Thermal Management for Synergistic Water Production, Electricity Generation and Crop Irrigation

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