The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Organic molecular sieve membranes for chemical separations

H Wang, M Wang, X Liang, J Yuan, H Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular separations that enable selective transport of target molecules from gas and liquid
molecular mixtures, such as CO2 capture, olefin/paraffin separations, and organic solvent …

Permselective metal–organic framework gel membrane enables long-life cycling of rechargeable organic batteries

S Bai, B Kim, C Kim, O Tamwattana, H Park… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Rechargeable organic batteries show great potential as a low-cost, sustainable and mass-
producible alternatives to current transition-metal-based cells; however, serious electrode …

Designing biomimic two-dimensional ionic transport channels for efficient ion sieving

M Zhang, P Zhao, P Li, Y Ji, G Liu, W ** - ACS nano, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Ion transport is crucial for biological systems and membrane-based technologies from both
fundamental and practical aspects. Unlike biological ion channels, realizing efficient ion …

Sulfonic and phosphonic porous solids as proton conductors

SS Liu, QQ Liu, SZ Huang, C Zhang, XY Dong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Over the past decades, solid-state ordered porous materials (SSOPMs), including newly-
emerging metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs), covalent …

Superfast water transport zwitterionic polymeric nanofluidic membrane reinforced by metal–organic frameworks

YL Ji, BX Gu, SJ **e, MJ Yin, WJ Qian… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluidics derived from low‐dimensional nanosheets and protein nanochannels are
crucial for advanced catalysis, sensing, and separation. However, polymer nanofluidics is …

Thin film composite membranes for postcombustion carbon capture: Polymers and beyond

M Liu, MD Nothling, S Zhang, Q Fu, GG Qiao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The escalating level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) due to the combustion of fossil
fuels has been identified as a major contributor to climate change. CO 2 capture using …

Bioinspired ionic sensory systems: the successor of electronics

K **ao, C Wan, L Jiang, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
All biological systems, including animals and plants, communicate in a language of ions and
small molecules, while the modern information infrastructures and technologies rely on a …

Tight covalent organic framework membranes for efficient anion transport via molecular precursor engineering

Y Kong, X He, H Wu, Y Yang, L Cao, R Li… - Angewandte …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fabricating covalent organic frameworks (COFs) membranes with tight structure, which can
fully utilize well‐defined framework structure and thus achieve superior conduction …

Review and perspectives of sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) proton exchange membrane for vanadium flow batteries

P Qian, W Zhou, Y Zhang, D Chao, M Song - Energy & Fuels, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The vanadium flow battery (VFB) has been implemented as an alternative energy storage
technology for wind and solar energy systems due to its advantages of high energy …