The emerging high-efficiency membrane-based direct osmotic power generation (MDOPG)
technology can promisingly alleviate energy shortage and environmental pollution due to its …

We numerically investigate renewable power generation using reverse electrodialysis
(RED), by harnessing salinity gradient energy of two constant inflows of salt solutions of …

Taking account of the influence of electroosmotic flow, the behavior of the ion current
rectification of a charged conical nanochannel is studied theoretically focusing on the effect …

Diverse ionic current rectification methods for nanofluidic chips have recently emerged.
Herein, we theoretically demonstrate that by applying a temperature gradient to the aqueous …

Ionic diodes constructed with asymmetric channel geometry and/or charge layout have
shown outstanding performance in ion transport manipulation and reverse electrodialysis …

The salinity gradient between seawater and river water is a type of Gibbs energy that can be
converted into electrical energy by an ion-exchange membrane. Although the salinity …

The exceeding of the heavy metal ions concentration in human body to a certain critical level
can lead to serious diseases. Since this critical level is usually of trace value, developing an …

The electrokinetic transport mechanisms of multispecies ions through 3‐D nanoporous rocks
with chemical reaction at the solid‐aqueous solution interfaces are investigated. We …

Considering various potential applications of charged nanochannels, we studied
theoretically the electric field driven ion transport in a conical nanochannel connecting two …

In recent years, osmotic energy conversion and electrokinetic energy conversion within
nanochannels have received widespread attention. In this work, we propose four kinds of …