Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Fluoride occurrences, health problems, detection, and remediation methods for drinking water: A comprehensive review

YS Solanki, M Agarwal, AB Gupta, S Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluoride contamination has become a considerable threat to our society worldwide. Fluoride
in drinking water is primarily due to rich fluoride soil, volcanic activity, forage, grasses and …

Non-metallic charge carriers for aqueous batteries

G Liang, F Mo, X Ji, C Zhi - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Charge carriers are fundamental components of batteries that determine battery chemistry
and performance. Non-metallic charge carriers provide an alternative to metallic charge …

Phosphate removal and recovery by lanthanum-based adsorbents: A review for current advances

Q He, H Zhao, Z Teng, Y Wang, M Li, MR Hoffmann - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Controlling eutrophication and recovering phosphate from water bodies are hot issues in the
21st century. Adsorption is considered to be the best method for phosphate removal …

Research development on aqueous ammonium‐ion batteries

R Zhang, S Wang, S Chou, H Jin - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous rechargeable batteries (ARBs) are provided with the merits of low cost, inherent
security, environmental friendliness, and excellent electrochemical properties. Among …

Controllable ion transport by surface-charged graphene oxide membrane

M Zhang, K Guan, Y Ji, G Liu, W Jin, N Xu - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Ion transport is crucial for biological systems and membrane-based technology. Atomic-thick
two-dimensional materials, especially graphene oxide (GO), have emerged as ideal building …

Selective formation of reactive oxygen species in peroxymonosulfate activation by metal-organic framework-derived membranes: A defect engineering-dependent …

M Li, S You, X Duan, Y Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Defect engineering is an effective way to unveil relationship within structures and catalytic
activities of transition metal oxides. Herein, a novel strategy has been developed for in situ …

Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Covalent organic framework membranes through a mixed-dimensional assembly for molecular separations

H Yang, L Yang, H Wang, Z Xu, Y Zhao, Y Luo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) hold great promise in molecular separations owing to
their robust, ordered and tunable porous network structures. Currently, the pore size of COFs …

Synergistic effect of cation and anion for low-temperature aqueous zinc-ion battery

T Sun, S Zheng, H Du, Z Tao - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Although aqueous zinc-ion batteries have gained great development due to their many
merits, the frozen aqueous electrolyte hinders their practical application at low temperature …