Directing the research agenda on water and energy technologies with process and economic analysis

B Lee, L Wang, Z Wang, NJ Cooper… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change is directly impacting energy consumption, water availability, and agricultural
production. Among the global efforts to address the root causes of carbon emissions …

Membranes for desalination and dye separation: Are 2D materials better than polymers? A critical comparison

K Suvigya, S Lalita, K Gopinadhan - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Water Development report released at the UN 2023 Water
Conference, there is an imminent risk of global water crisis. 2 billion people (26%) lack …

Importance of nanochannels shape on blue energy generation in soft nanochannels

H Dartoomi, M Khatibi, SN Ashrafizadeh - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy production is one of today's most pressing issues. Finding alternative energy
sources has become one of the hottest research areas for scholars due to the limited use of …

Nanofluidic membranes to address the challenges of salinity gradient energy harvesting: roles of nanochannel geometry and bipolar soft layer

H Dartoomi, M Khatibi, SN Ashrafizadeh - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Researchers are looking for new, clean, and accessible sources of energy due to rising
global warming caused by the usage of fossil fuels and the irreversible harm that this does to …

Harvesting blue energy: pH-regulated nanochannels inspired by carbon nanostructures

M Khatibi, A Mojavezi, E Pourjafarabadi - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) in soft nanochannels has emerged as a promising approach
for energy generation. In this study, we investigate energy production characteristics of RED …

Layer-by-layer nanofluidic membranes for promoting blue energy conversion

M Khatibi, H Dartoomi, SN Ashrafizadeh - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Access to and use of energy resources are now crucial components of modern human
existence thanks to the exponential growth of technology. Traditional energy sources …

Waste heat recovery using thermally responsive ionic liquids through TiO 2 nanopore and macroscopic membranes

M Pascual, N Chapuis, S Abdelghani-Idrissi… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Waste heat is the untapped heat produced by a thermodynamic process. It is usually
released into the surrounding environment without any valorization. But recently, industrial …

Membrane-based indirect power generation technologies for harvesting salinity gradient energy-A review

Y Jiao, L Song, C Zhao, Y An, W Lu, B He, C Yang - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The giant and sustainable salinity gradient energy broadly occurs when mixing solution
sources with different concentrations can be potentially harvested through the intensively …

Surface charge-dependent slip length modulates electroosmotic mixing in a wavy micromixer

M Khatibi, SK Mehta, SN Ashrafizadeh, PK Mondal - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study explores electroosmotic mixing in microfluidic channel with predefined surface
topology, mainly focusing the effect of surface charge-dependent slip length on the …

Enhancing ion transport through nanopores in membranes for salinity gradient power generation

VP Mai, WH Huang, RJ Yang - ACS ES&T Engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
Renewable energy development is one of the most promising approaches for tackling global
warming, fulfilling the ever-increasing energy demand, and protecting the environment …