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 …

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

Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

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

Extracting salinity gradient energy through a nanomembrane is an efficient way to obtain
clean and renewable energy. However, the membranes with undesirable properties, such …

Conspectus The salinity gradient between seawater and river water has been identified as a
promising, clean, renewable, and sustainable energy source that can be converted into …

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

Diffusiophoresis is the spontaneous motion of particles under a concentration gradient of
solutes. Since the first recognition by Derjaguin and colleagues in 1947 in the form of …

The increase of energy demand added to the concern for environmental pollution linked to
energy generation based on the combustion of fossil fuels has motivated the study and …