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

Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

Highly thermal conductivity materials with excellent electromagnetic interference shielding
and Joule heating performances are ideal for thermal management in the next generation of …

Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

Superwettable membranes with superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity
(SHL/UWSOB) or hydrophobicity/underoil superhydrophobicity (HB/UOSHB) are considered …

Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) refer to the integration of two or more chemically discrepant
composites into one structure system. Studies into JNPs have been of significant interest …

Solar evaporation offers a promising approach to drive the distillation process, and
nanotechnology may help overcome operational issues such as salt fouling. Here, we …

Our technological systems are mainly based on semiconductor photovoltaics, electronic
circuits, and (electro) chemical storage reactions. However, in the energy field," ionics" has …

Solar‐driven evaporation process brings exciting opportunities to recover clean water and
resources in a sustainable way from diverse sources like seawater and wastewater …

The emerging heterogeneous membranes show unprecedented superiority in harvesting
the osmotic energy between ionic solutions of different salinity. However, the power …