Cellulose-based ionic conductor: An emerging material toward sustainable devices

Y Ye, L Yu, E Lizundia, Y Zhu, C Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …

Transparent wood-based functional materials via a top-down approach

S Zhu, SK Biswas, Z Qiu, Y Yue, Q Fu, F Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent wood-based materials (TWMs), made by either bottom-up or top-down
strategies, have attracted great attention owing to their transparency, sustainability and …

All Wood‐Based Water Evaporation‐Induced Electricity Generator

J Lin, Z Zhang, X Lin, X Cai, S Fu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water evaporation‐induced electricity generators (WEIGs) are promising as self‐powered
electronic devices, as they can harvest green, small‐grade, and ubiquitous hydrovoltaic …

“Bottom-up” and “top-down” strategies toward strong cellulose-based materials

Q Qin, S Zeng, G Duan, Y Liu, X Han, R Yu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, as the most abundant natural polymer on Earth, has long captured researchers'
attention due to its high strength and modulus. Nevertheless, transferring its exceptional …

Ionization engineering of hydrogels enables highly efficient salt-impeded solar evaporation and night-time electricity harvesting

N He, H Wang, H Zhang, B Jiang, D Tang, L Li - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Interfacial solar evaporation holds immense potential for brine desalination with low carbon
footprints and high energy utilization. Hydrogels, as a tunable material platform from the …

Natural wood-derived charcoal embedded with bimetallic iron/cobalt sites to promote ciprofloxacin degradation

S Pang, C Zhou, Y Sun, K Zhang, W Ye, X Zhao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Structural design of high-performing catalysts for boosting refractory organic pollutants
degradation remains a great challenge. Herein, a natural wood-derived catalyst comprising …

Natural-wood-inspired ultrastrong anisotropic hybrid hydrogels targeting artificial tendons or ligaments

L Wu, Y Kang, X Shi, B Yuezhen, M Qu, J Li, ZS Wu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are able to mimic the flexibility of biological tissues or skin, but they still cannot
achieve satisfactory strength and toughness, greatly limiting their scope of application …

Muscle‐Inspired Formable Wood‐Based Phase Change Materials

Y Liu, Z Lv, J Zhou, Z Cui, W Li, J Yu, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phase change materials (PCMs) are crucial for sustainable thermal management in energy‐
efficient construction and cold chain logistics, as they can store and release renewable …

Lignin‐based materials for additive manufacturing: chemistry, processing, structures, properties, and applications

B Jiang, H Jiao, X Guo, G Chen, J Guo, W Wu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The utilization of lignin, the most abundant aromatic biomass component, is at the forefront
of sustainable engineering, energy, and environment research, where its abundance and …

Nanocomposite hydrogel engineered Janus membrane for membrane distillation with robust fouling, wetting, and scaling resistance

X Yang, N Zhang, J Zhang, W Liu, M Zhao… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) is considered to be rather promising for high-salinity wastewater
reclamation. However, its practical viability is seriously challenged by membrane wetting …