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

Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Salinity difference between seawater and river water is a sustainable energy resource that
catches eyes of the public and the investors in the background of energy crisis. To capture …

The osmotic energy existing in fluids is recognized as a promising “blue” energy source that
can help solve the global issues of energy shortage and environmental pollution. Recently …

Osmosis is a universal phenomenon occurring in a broad variety of processes and fields. It
is the archetype of entropic forces, both trivial in its fundamental expression–the van't Hoff …

Electrolytes confined in nanochannels with characteristic dimensions comparable to the
Debye length show transport behaviors deviating from their bulk counterparts. Fabrication of …

Flow batteries are promising large-scale energy storage technologies for smart grids and
broad applications of renewable energies. Ion conductive membranes (ICMs) are the crucial …

Harvesting electric power from the salinity gradient has drawn the eyes of researchers in
recent years, because it is sustainable and environmentally benign. Nanofluidic channels …

Ion, particle, and fluid transport in nanofluidic devices has received considerable attention
over the past two decades due to unique transport properties exhibited at the nanoscale. 1 …