Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion

Z Zhang, L Wen, L Jiang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

Nanofluidic membranes to address the challenges of salinity gradient power harvesting

X Tong, S Liu, J Crittenden, Y Chen - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Salinity gradient power (SGP) has been identified as a promising renewable energy source.
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) are two membrane …

Toward scalable nanofluidic osmotic power generation from hypersaline water sources with a metal–organic framework membrane

S Pan, P Liu, Q Li, B Zhu, X Liu, J Lao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluidic membranes have shown great promise in harvesting osmotic energy but its
scalablity remains challenging since most studies only tested with a membrane area of≈ …

Understanding the giant gap between single‐pore‐and membrane‐based nanofluidic osmotic power generators

J Gao, X Liu, Y Jiang, L Ding, L Jiang, W Guo - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluidic blue energy harvesting attracts great interest due to its high power density and
easy‐to‐implement nature. Proof‐of‐concept studies on single‐pore platforms show that the …

Ultrathin and robust silk fibroin membrane for high-performance osmotic energy conversion

J Chen, W Xin, XY Kong, Y Qian, X Zhao… - ACS Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Capturing the osmotic power between seawater and river water is thought to be an effective
strategy to solve the global energy crisis. The existing designs of membrane-based …

MXene composite membranes with enhanced ion transport and regulated ion selectivity

X Tong, S Liu, Y Zhao, L Huang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) material-based membranes are promising candidates for various
separation applications. However, the further enhancement of membrane ion conductance …

Essence of the Giant Reduction of Power Density in Osmotic Energy Conversion in Porous Membranes: Importance of Testing Area

CY Lin, SF Chang, KT Kuo, S Garner… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Harvesting osmotic energy through nanofluidic devices with diverse materials has received
considerable attention in recent years. Often, a small testing area on a membrane was …

Designing with Iontronic Logic Gates─ From a Single Polyelectrolyte Diode to an Integrated Ionic Circuit

B Sabbagh, NE Fraiman, A Fish… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This article presents the implementation of on-chip iontronic circuits via small-scale
integration of multiple ionic logic gates made of bipolar polyelectrolyte diodes. These ionic …

Solvation‐involved nanoionics: new opportunities from 2D nanomaterial laminar membranes

H Zhan, Z Xiong, C Cheng, Q Liang, JZ Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoporous laminar membranes composed of multilayered 2D nanomaterials (2D‐NLMs)
are increasingly being exploited as a unique material platform for understanding solvated …

A theoretical characterization of osmotic power generation in nanofluidic systems

O Lavi, Y Green - Communications Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Water desalination and fluid-based energy harvesting systems utilize ion-selective
nanoporous materials that allow preferential transport of ions that are oppositely charged to …