The supply of drinking water in some parts of the world does not meet demand. Hygroscopic materials offer a potential solution; however, harvesting water solely with such materials remains slow and inefficient. In this thesis, we present two approaches to accelerating desorption, the key process for improving atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technologies. We conducted two experiments and compared the results. We found that both the use of a thermal concentrator and the use of piezoelectric elements accelerate desorption.
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