The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Covalent organic frameworks (COF), with rigid, highly ordered and tunable structures, can
actively manipulate the synergy of entropic selectivity and enthalpic selectivity, holding great …

Membranes with high ion permeability and selectivity are of considerable interest for
sustainable water treatment, resource extraction and energy storage. Herein, inspired by K+ …

Progress in heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by several
issues including mass transfer limitation, limited diffusion of short-lived reactive oxygen …

Membranes of high ion permselectivity are significant for the separation of ion species at the
subnanometer scale. Here, we report porous organic cage (ie, CC3) membranes with …

Microporous framework membranes such as metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes
and covalent organic framework (COF) membranes are constructed by the controlled growth …

The electric organs of electric eels are able to convert ionic gradients into high-efficiency
electricity because their electrocytes contain numerous “subnanoscale” protein ion channels …

Bioinspired asymmetric nanofluidic ion channels with ionic diode behavior that can boost
the osmotic energy (so‐called blue energy) conversion are highly desirable, especially if …

Lithium extraction from salt lake brines is highly demanded to circumvent the lithium supply
shortage. However, polymer nanofiltration membranes suffer from low lithium permeability …