Non-noble plasmonic metal-based photocatalysts

M Sayed, J Yu, G Liu, M Jaroniec - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion via heterogeneous photocatalysis is one of the
sustainable approaches to tackle the growing environmental and energy challenges. Among …

Electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion

MA Alkhadra, X Su, ME Suss, H Tian, EN Guyes… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Customized Microenvironments Spontaneously Facilitate Coupled Engineering of Real‐Life Large‐Scale Clean Water Capture and Pollution Remediation

J Wang, M Sun, C Liu, Y Ye, M Chen, Z Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harnessing abundant renewable resources and pollutants on a large scale to address
environmental challenges, while providing sustainable freshwater, is a significant …

Bioinspired asymmetric amphiphilic surface for triboelectric enhanced efficient water harvesting

S Zhang, M Chi, J Mo, T Liu, Y Liu, Q Fu, J Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The effective acquisition of clean water from atmospheric water offers a potential sustainable
solution for increasing global water and energy shortages. In this study, an asymmetric …

Water transport in reverse osmosis membranes is governed by pore flow, not a solution-diffusion mechanism

L Wang, J He, M Heiranian, H Fan, L Song, Y Li… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
We performed nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations and solvent
permeation experiments to unravel the mechanism of water transport in reverse osmosis …

Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

M Heiranian, H Fan, L Wang, X Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity. Reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination, a widely used membrane-based technology, has proven to be effective to …

Nanofiltration membranes with crumpled polyamide films: a critical review on mechanisms, performances, and environmental applications

S Shao, F Zeng, L Long, X Zhu, LE Peng… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied in many important environmental
applications, including water softening, surface/groundwater purification, wastewater …

Rationally designing efficient electrocatalysts for direct seawater splitting: challenges, achievements, and promises

J Liu, S Duan, H Shi, T Wang, X Yang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Directly splitting seawater to produce hydrogen provides a promising pathway for energy
and environmental sustainability. However, current seawater splitting faces many …

Polyamide membranes with nanoscale ordered structures for fast permeation and highly selective ion-ion separation

C Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Jia, B Li, W Tang, C Shang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fast permeation and effective solute-solute separation provide the opportunities for
sustainable water treatment, but they are hindered by ineffective membranes. We present …