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 …

Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion

Z Zhang, L Wen, L Jiang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

Achieving efficient power generation by designing bioinspired and multi-layered interfacial evaporator

Z Sun, C Han, S Gao, Z Li, M **g, H Yu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Water evaporation is a natural phase change phenomenon occurring any time and
everywhere. Enormous efforts have been made to harvest energy from this ubiquitous …

Electricity generation from phase transitions between liquid and gaseous water

B Shao, Y Song, Z Song, Y Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ubiquitous and spontaneous phase transitions between liquid and gaseous water
contain substantial energy that can be harvested by emerging hydrovoltaic technologies …

Harvesting energy from atmospheric water: grand challenges in continuous electricity generation

J Tan, X Wang, W Chu, S Fang, C Zheng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric water is ubiquitous on earth and extensively participates in the natural water
cycle through evaporation and condensation. This process involves tremendous energy …

Microbial biofilms for electricity generation from water evaporation and power to wearables

X Liu, T Ueki, H Gao, TL Woodard, KP Nevin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Employing renewable materials for fabricating clean energy harvesting devices can further
improve sustainability. Microorganisms can be mass produced with renewable feedstocks …

Enhancing hydrovoltaic power generation through heat conduction effects

L Li, S Feng, Y Bai, X Yang, M Liu, M Hao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Restricted ambient temperature and slow heat replenishment in the phase transition of water
molecules severely limit the performance of the evaporation-induced hydrovoltaic …

Capacitor-inspired high-performance and durable moist-electric generator

Z Sun, X Wen, L Wang, J Yu, X Qin - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Harvesting clean and sustainable energy from moisture has emerged as a promising
technology to break the paradigm of traditional energy generation by utilizing fossil fuels …

Emerging hydrovoltaic technology

Z Zhang, X Li, J Yin, Y Xu, W Fei, M Xue… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Water contains tremendous energy in a variety of forms, but very little of this energy has yet
been harnessed. Nanostructured materials can generate electricity on interaction with water …