Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

M Heiranian, H Fan, L Wang, X Lu… - Chemical society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity. Reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination, a widely used membrane-based technology, has proven to be effective to …

Electrocapacitive deionization: mechanisms, electrodes, and cell designs

K Sun, M Tebyetekerwa, C Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging water desalination technology for removing
different ionic species from water, which is based on electric charge compensation by these …

Structure integration and architecture of solar-driven interfacial desalination from miniaturization designs to industrial applications

C Dang, Y Cao, H Nie, W Lang, J Zhang, G Xu, M Zhu - Nature Water, 2024‏ - nature.com
Solar desalination holds great promise for addressing global water scarcity and reducing
carbon footprints. In recent years, thermally localized solar interfacial desalination processes …

Membrane-based nanoconfined heterogeneous catalysis for water purification: A critical review✰

QV Ly, L Cui, MB Asif, W Khan, LD Nghiem, Y Hwang… - Water Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Progress in heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by several
issues including mass transfer limitation, limited diffusion of short-lived reactive oxygen …

Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic framework membranes

M Wang, P Zhang, X Liang, J Zhao, Y Liu, Y Cao… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The lack of access to clean water for billions of people represents a fundamental global
sustainability challenge that must be addressed. Seawater desalination using membrane …

Overcoming the permeability-selectivity challenge in water purification using two-dimensional cobalt-functionalized vermiculite membrane

M Tian, Y Liu, S Zhang, C Yu, K Ostrikov… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Clean water and sanitation are major global challenges highlighted by the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. Water treatment using energy-efficient membrane technologies is one …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanosynthesized electroactive materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications: A critical review

Z Chen, GF Han, A Mahmood, J Hou, W Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Electrochemistry-driven techniques for advanced energy storage/conversion and
environmental protection play a crucial role in achieving sustainable development goals. As …

Polyamide desalination membranes: Formation, structure, and properties

V Freger, GZ Ramon - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Empirical discovery, four decades ago, of polyamide membranes made by interfacial
polymerization revolutionized large-scale desalination and has made desalinated water …