Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting

H Jin, J Xu, H Liu, H Shen, H Yu, M Jaroniec… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the
exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex …

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 …

Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure: a health impact assessment of European cities

T Iungman, M Cirach, F Marando, EP Barboza… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background High ambient temperatures are associated with many health effects, including
premature mortality. The combination of global warming due to climate change and the …

Unlocking Enhanced Capacitive Deionization of NaTi2(PO4)3/Carbon Materials by the Yolk–Shell Design

X Liu, X Xu, X Xuan, W Xia, G Feng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The low salt adsorption capacities (SACs) of benchmark carbon materials (usually below 20
mg g–1) are one of the most challenging issues limiting further commercial development of …

Monolithic covalent organic frameworks with hierarchical architecture: attractive platform for contaminant remediation

L Huang, J Yang, Y Zhao, H Miyata, M Han… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The insolubility in solvents and poor processability of powder covalent organic frameworks
(COFs) considerably impede their practical application. To address these issues and bridge …

Solar‐Powered High‐Performance Lignin‐Wood Evaporator for Solar Steam Generation

Y Gu, D Wang, Y Gao, Y Yue, W Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research on wood‐based solar evaporators has made great progress and significant
breakthroughs have been made in using lignin as a photothermal material; however, the …

High‐performance alkaline seawater electrolysis with anomalous chloride promoted oxygen evolution reaction

H Liu, W Shen, H Jin, J Xu, P Xi, J Dong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A highly selective and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst is the
bottleneck for direct seawater splitting because of side reactions primarily caused by …

Tailoring the desorption behavior of hygroscopic gels for atmospheric water harvesting in arid climates

H Lu, W Shi, JH Zhang, AC Chen, W Guan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ubiquitous nature of atmospheric moisture makes it a significant water resource
available at any geographical location. Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technology …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing wood-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators for desalination

Y Dong, Y Tan, K Wang, Y Cai, J Li, C Sonne, C Li - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar‒driven interfacial water evaporation is a convenient and efficient strategy for
harvesting solar energy and desalinating seawater. However, the design and fabrication of …

Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions

SP Ramu, P Boopalan, QV Pham… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have
facilitated continuous improvement in smart city based applications such as smart …