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 …

The enhancement of separation processes and electrochemical technologies such as water
electrolysers,, fuel cells,, redox flow batteries, and ion-capture electrodialysis depends on …

Fast permeation and effective solute-solute separation provide the opportunities for
sustainable water treatment, but they are hindered by ineffective membranes. We present …

Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

The separation properties of polyamide reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes,
widely applied for desalination and water reuse, are constrained by the permeability …

Within the last decade, in addition to water desalination, capacitive deionization (CDI) has
been used for resource recovery and selective separation of target ions in multicomponent …

Membranes with high ion permeability and selectivity are of considerable interest for
sustainable water treatment, resource extraction and energy storage. Herein, inspired by K+ …

Empirical discovery, four decades ago, of polyamide membranes made by interfacial
polymerization revolutionized large-scale desalination and has made desalinated water …

Membranes of high ion permselectivity are significant for the separation of ion species at the
subnanometer scale. Here, we report porous organic cage (ie, CC3) membranes with …