Emerging hydrovoltaic technology

Z Zhang, X Li, J Yin, Y Xu, W Fei, M Xue… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Water contains tremendous energy in a variety of forms, but very little of this energy has yet
been harnessed. Nanostructured materials can generate electricity on interaction with water …

The role of nanotechnology in tackling global water challenges

MS Mauter, I Zucker, F Perreault, JR Werber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sustainable provision of safe, clean and adequate water supply is a global challenge. Water
treatment and desalination technologies remain chemically and energy intensive, ineffective …

Controllable ion transport by surface-charged graphene oxide membrane

M Zhang, K Guan, Y Ji, G Liu, W Jin, N Xu - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Ion transport is crucial for biological systems and membrane-based technology. Atomic-thick
two-dimensional materials, especially graphene oxide (GO), have emerged as ideal building …

Swelling of graphene oxide membranes in aqueous solution: characterization of interlayer spacing and insight into water transport mechanisms

S Zheng, Q Tu, JJ Urban, S Li, B Mi - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) has recently emerged as a promising 2D nanomaterial to make high-
performance membranes for important applications. However, the aqueous-phase …

Wettability effect on nanoconfined water flow

K Wu, Z Chen, J Li, X Li, J Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding and controlling the flow of water confined in nanopores has tremendous
implications in theoretical studies and industrial applications. Here, we propose a simple …

Enhanced sieving from exfoliated MoS2 membranes via covalent functionalization

L Ries, E Petit, T Michel, CC Diogo, C Gervais… - Nature Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Nanolaminate membranes made of two-dimensional materials such as graphene oxide are
promising candidates for molecular sieving via size-limited diffusion in the two-dimensional …

Precise and ultrafast molecular sieving through graphene oxide membranes

RK Joshi, P Carbone, FC Wang, VG Kravets, Y Su… - science, 2014 - science.org
Graphene-based materials can have well-defined nanometer pores and can exhibit low
frictional water flow inside them, making their properties of interest for filtration and …

Fast water transport in graphene nanofluidic channels

Q Xie, MA Alibakhshi, S Jiao, Z Xu, M Hempel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Superfast water transport discovered in graphitic nanoconduits, including carbon nanotubes
and graphene nanochannels, implicates crucial applications in separation processes and …

Molecular dynamics simulations of oil transport through inorganic nanopores in shale

S Wang, F Javadpour, Q Feng - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the transport of liquid hydrocarbon through nanopores of inorganic minerals
is crucial not only to develop liquid-rich shale reservoirs, but also to grasp oil migration from …

Graphene-based membranes for molecular separation

L Huang, M Zhang, C Li, G Shi - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In comparison with traditional chemical separation processes, membrane separation is
much simpler and more efficient. An ideal membrane for molecular separation should be as …