Zinc anode for mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries: challenges, strategies, and perspectives

J Yang, B Yin, Y Sun, H Pan, W Sun, B Jia, S Zhang… - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
The rapid advance of mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is driving the development of
the energy storage system market. But the thorny issues of Zn anodes, mainly including …

Recent progress and challenges of Zn anode modification materials in aqueous Zn-ion batteries

C Zhu, P Li, G Xu, H Cheng, G Gao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) have been actively explored and considered as
prospective energy storage devices owing to their high safety, low cost, high volumetric …

Two-dimensional MXene membranes with biomimetic sub-nanochannels for enhanced cation sieving

R Xu, Y Kang, W Zhang, B Pan, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Membranes with high ion permeability and selectivity are of considerable interest for
sustainable water treatment, resource extraction and energy storage. Herein, inspired by K+ …

Angstrom-scale ion channels towards single-ion selectivity

H Zhang, X Li, J Hou, L Jiang, H Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Advanced lithium extraction membranes derived from tagged‐modification of polyamide networks

H Peng, X Liu, Y Su, J Li, Q Zhao - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Efficient Mg2+/Li+ separation is crucial to combating the lithium shortage
worldwide, yet current nanofiltration membranes suffer from low efficacy and/or poor …

Fluorine‐rich supramolecular nano‐container crosslinked hydrogel for lithium extraction with super‐high capacity and extreme selectivity

L Yang, Y Tu, H Li, W Zhan, H Hu, Y Wei… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extraction and recovery of lithium from reserves play a critical role in the sustainable
development of energy due to the explosive growth of the lithium‐battery market. However …

Highly ion-permselective porous organic cage membranes with hierarchical channels

T Xu, B Wu, L Hou, Y Zhu, F Sheng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Recent advances of MXenes‐based optical functional materials

Y Zhang, K Ruan, Y Guo, J Gu - Advanced Photonics Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal carbides/nitrides/carbonitrides (MXenes) exhibit tremendous potential for
optical applications due to their diverse elemental composition and adaptable structural …

Functionalized 2D membranes for separations at the 1-nm scale

Y Kang, Y Wang, H Zhang, Z Wang, X Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing evolution of two-dimensional (2D) material-based membranes has prompted
the realization of mass separations at the 1-nm scale due to their well-defined selective …

Unlocking direct lithium extraction in harsh conditions through thiol-functionalized metal–organic framework subnanofluidic membranes

C Zhao, F Feng, J Hou, J Hu, Y Su, JZ Liu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes with high ion selectivity are highly desirable for
direct lithium-ion (Li+) separation from industrial brines. However, very few MOF membranes …