Electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion

MA Alkhadra, X Su, ME Suss, H Tian, EN Guyes… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Microbial fuel cells for bioelectricity production from waste as sustainable prospect of future energy sector

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, KH Ng, AM Papadopoulos, AT Le… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is lauded for its potentials to solve both energy crisis and
environmental pollution. Technologically, it offers the capability to harness electricity from …

Recent developments and future perspectives of reverse electrodialysis technology: A review

Y Mei, CY Tang - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an emerging membrane based technology that captures
electricity from controlled mixing of two water streams of different salinities. To date, great …

Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

JR Varcoe, P Atanassov, DR Dekel… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an up-to-date perspective on the use of anion-exchange membranes in
fuel cells, electrolysers, redox flow batteries, reverse electrodialysis cells, and …

Progress and prospects in reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy conversion and storage

RA Tufa, S Pawlowski, J Veerman, K Bouzek… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Salinity gradient energy is currently attracting growing attention among the scientific
community as a renewable energy source. In particular, Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) is …

Nanofluidic osmotic power generators–advanced nanoporous membranes and nanochannels for blue energy harvesting

G Laucirica, ME Toimil-Molares, C Trautmann… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The increase of energy demand added to the concern for environmental pollution linked to
energy generation based on the combustion of fossil fuels has motivated the study and …

Salinity gradients for sustainable energy: primer, progress, and prospects

NY Yip, D Brogioli, HVM Hamelers… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Combining two solutions of different composition releases the Gibbs free energy of mixing.
By using engineered processes to control the mixing, chemical energy stored in salinity …

Microbial fuel cell hybrid systems for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production: synergistic effects, mechanisms and challenges

Y Zhang, M Liu, M Zhou, H Yang, L Liang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology relies on electroactive bacteria to degrade organic
molecules for bioelectricity production. MFC is a potentially useful approach for wastewater …

Fundamental water and salt transport properties of polymeric materials

GM Geise, DR Paul, BD Freeman - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Fundamental water and salt transport properties of polymers are critical for applications such
as reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), forward osmosis (FO), pressure-retarded …

Unique applications and improvements of reverse electrodialysis: A review and outlook

H Tian, Y Wang, Y Pei, JC Crittenden - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is a promising technology for extracting energy from salinity
gradients. However, there are still barriers to the realization of its commercial application …