%0 Journal Article %A Wei ZHOU %A Li CHEN %A Jingcheng DU %A Luxi TAN %A Lichun DONG %A Cailong ZHOU %T Bio-inspired fog harvesting materials: from fundamental research to promotional strategy %D 2020 %R 10.11949/0438-1157.20200454 %J CIESC Journal %P 4532-4552 %V 71 %N 10 %X

Nowadays, the water crisis has seriously affected people??s daily life due to water pollution and the increasing shortage of fresh water. Capturing water from the morning fog can relieve water shortages in dry areas. Inspired by the spontaneous fog trapping of Namib desert beetles, cacti, spider silk, and other animals or plants, various bionic fog collection materials with special wetting properties have been constructed by researchers. This review summarizes the latest research progress of bio-inspired fog harvesting materials in detail, discusses the design and preparation method of constructing bionic water collection materials from the four major bio-inspired strategies of fog collection, and introduces the design schemes to improve the efficiency of fog harvesting. Furthermore, the problems existing in the current bionic water collection process are analyzed, and the development trend of the materials in the future is forecasted.

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