Synthetic membranes featuring confined nanostructures have emerged as a prominent
category of leading materials that can selectively separate target ions from complex water …

Pressure-driven membrane desalination (PMD), such as reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, is
an energy-efficient technology that addresses water shortages by using saline waters to …

Lithium mining is energy intensive and environmentally costly. This is because lithium ions
are typically present in brines as a minor component mixed with physiochemically similar …

Polyester nanofiltration membranes highlight beneficial chlorine resistance, but their loose
structures and negative charge result in poor cations retention precluding advanced use in …

High performance polyamide nanofiltration membranes play important roles in Mg2+/Li+
separation and Li+ extraction, but they are prepared via multiple time‐/labor demanding …

Abstract Efficient Mg2+/Li+ separation is crucial to combating the lithium shortage
worldwide, yet current nanofiltration membranes suffer from low efficacy and/or poor …

Nanofiltration (NF) is a promising and sustainable process to extract Li+ from brine lakes
with high Mg2+/Li+ mass ratios. However, a trade-off between Li/Mg selectivity and Li …

Evaporative technology for lithium mining from salt-lakes exacerbates freshwater scarcity
and wetland destruction, and suffers from protracted production cycles. Electrodialysis (ED) …

Membrane technology using well-defined pore structure can achieve high ion purity and
recovery. However, fine-tuning the inner pore structure of the separation nanofilm to be …

Conventional continuum models for ion transport across polyamide membranes require
solving partial differential equations (PDEs). These models typically introduce a host of …