Advanced ion transfer materials in electro-driven membrane processes for sustainable ion-resource extraction and recovery

Y Zhao, N Mamrol, WA Tarpeh, X Yang, C Gao… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conversion of industrial wastewater, salt-lakes and seawater into the valuable ionic
resources is a critical challenge for sustainable global development. Electro-driven …

Ion selective nanochannels: from critical principles to sensing and biosensing applications

A Soozanipour, H Sohrabi, F Abazar… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanochannels offer significant practical advantages in many fields due to their interesting
characteristics, such as flexibility in shape and size, robustness, low‐cost and their ability to …

Ultraselective monovalent metal ion conduction in a three-dimensional sub-1 nm nanofluidic device constructed by metal–organic frameworks

J Lu, H Zhang, X Hu, B Qian, J Hou, L Han, Y Zhu… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Construction of nanofluidic devices with an ultimate ion selectivity analogue to biological ion
channels has been of great interest for their versatile applications in energy harvesting and …

Deep eutectic solvent functionalized graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes with superior water permeance and dye desalination performance

N Mehrabi, H Lin, N Aich - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide (GO) lamellar membranes have been used for dye desalination; however,
low water flux and quite high Na 2 SO 4 salt rejection (> 95%) hinder their applicability …

Subnanometric stacking of two-dimensional nanomaterials: insights from the nanotexture evolution of dense reduced graphene oxide membranes

Y Cao, Z Xiong, Q Liang, WJ Jiang, F Xia, X Du, L Zu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Assembling two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials into laminar membranes with a
subnanometer (subnm) interlayer spacing provides a material platform for studying a range …

Nanoconfined fluids: Uniqueness of water compared to other liquids

F Leoni, C Calero, G Franzese - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanoconfinement can drastically change the behavior of liquids, puzzling us with
counterintuitive properties. It is relevant in applications, including decontamination and …

Stable graphene membranes for selective ion transport and emerging contaminants removal in water

SN Sankar, J Fernandes, MB dos Santos… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based materials, such as graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide membranes
have been recently used to fabricate ultrathin, high‐flux, and energy‐efficient membranes for …

Strain engineering in monolayer WS2 and WS2 nanocomposites

F Wang, S Li, MA Bissett, IA Kinloch, Z Li… - 2D Materials, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
There has been a massive growth in the study of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
over the past decade, based upon their interesting and unusual electronic, optical and …

Introducing hydrophilic cellulose nanofiber as a bio-separator for “water-in-salt” based energy storage devices

V Deerattrakul, P Sakulaue, A Bunpheng… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been enormous interest in energy storage devices in recent years, with the
emergence of “water-in-salt” based electrolytes coming to the fore in the context of …

Effect of chemistry and geometry of GO nanochannels on the Li ion selectivity and recovery

A Razmjou, E Hosseini, W Cha-Umpong, AH Korayem… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The continually increasing demand for lithium (Li) is predicted to soon exceed its availability,
rendering it a geopolitically significant resource. Although seawater is considered one of the …