The conversion of industrial wastewater, salt-lakes and seawater into the valuable ionic
resources is a critical challenge for sustainable global development. Electro-driven …

The pervasiveness of lithium-ion batteries in mobile electronics, hybrid and electric vehicles
has led to a dramatic expansion of the lithium product market. There is an urgent need to …

Ion transport is crucial for biological systems and membrane-based technologies from both
fundamental and practical aspects. Unlike biological ion channels, realizing efficient ion …

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an increasingly popular class of porous materials due
to their tailorable structure comprised of ordered porous cavities, high specific surface areas …

The extraction of valuable target ions through monovalent cation exchange membranes
(MCEMs) has been increasingly attracting in modern energy and environmental fields …

Mono/multivalent cation separation techniques have shown increasing importance in
diverse environmental and energy applications. The separation performance of emerging …

Due to severe consequences of the heavy metal ions (HMIs) accumulation in organisms
throughout the aqueous phase, HMIs pollution treatment has received extensive attention …

Direct electrolysis of inexhaustible seawater to generate green hydrogen represents a more
environment‐friendly technology relative to freshwater electrolysis. However, current …

The selective separation and extraction of lithium from salt lakes is compromised by the high
salt concentration and the presence of competing ions. In this study, a class of novel cation …

Monovalent cation exchange membranes (M-CEMs) have been extensively applied in
environmental remediation and energy harvesting such as the extraction of Na+ or Li+ from …