[HTML][HTML] The physics behind water irregularity

CQ Sun, Y Huang, X Zhang, Z Ma, B Wang - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The notion of asymmetrical Hydrogen Bond (O: HO) Cooperativity and Polarizability (HBCP)
has enabled exploration of the core physics behind irregularities of water and ice …

Materials for evaporation‐driven hydrovoltaic technology

C Zheng, W Chu, S Fang, J Tan… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water constitutes the largest energy carrier on earth, absorbing more than 70% of the solar
energy received by the earth's surface, yet its low exploitation has been a constant concern …

Hydrophilicity gradient in covalent organic frameworks for membrane distillation

S Zhao, C Jiang, J Fan, S Hong, P Mei, R Yao, Y Liu… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Desalination can help to alleviate the fresh-water crisis facing the world. Thermally driven
membrane distillation is a promising way to purify water from a variety of saline and polluted …

The membrane-based desalination: Focus on MOFs and COFs

X Qin, X Qin, X Xu, J Zhao, Y Gui, H Guo, J Mao… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth of global population and the continuous civilization and
industrialization, the freshwater resource crisis has become one of the most important …

Freestanding silicon nanowires mesh for efficient electricity generation from evaporation-induced water capillary flow

B Shao, Y Wu, Z Song, H Yang, X Chen, Y Zou, J Zang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Scavenging energy stored at the water/solid interface into electrical power by the natural
water evaporation process provides a promising method to supply sustainable electricity for …

Ultrafast water evaporation through graphene membranes with subnanometer pores for desalination

X Chen, YB Zhu, H Yu, JZ Liu, CD Easton… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlling the pore sizes of graphene-based membranes is essential for exploring their
transport properties and related applications such as water desalination. We demonstrated …

Holey graphene oxide membranes containing both nanopores and nanochannels for highly efficient harvesting of water evaporation energy

KH Lee, DJ Kang, W Eom, H Lee, TH Han - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The conversion of the electrokinetic energy arising from evaporation-induced water flow
through nanoporous materials has great potential for renewable energy production. In this …

Evaporative electrical energy generation via diffusion-driven ion-electron-coupled transport in semiconducting nanoporous channel

SG Yoon, H Jin, WH Lee, J Han, YH Cho, YS Kim - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is one of the plentiful and ubiquitous resources on earth. Due to this characteristic,
much efforts have been made to utilize various fluidic phenomena, such as fluidic transport …

Bioinspired and biodegradable functionalized graphene oxide/deacetylated cellulose acetate composite janus membranes for water evaporation-induced electricity …

F Wang, Y Zhang, J Shi, L Sun, A Ullah… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Harvesting electricity from natural water evaporation has recently become a popular
research direction owing to its spontaneity, ubiquitousness, and sustainability. In this study …

Enhanced water evaporation from Å-scale graphene nanopores

WC Lee, A Ronghe, LF Villalobos, S Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enhancing the kinetics of liquid–vapor transition from nanoscale confinements is an
attractive strategy for developing evaporation and separation applications. The ultimate limit …