Membranes in Solar‐Driven Evaporation: Design Principles and Applications

HC Yang, F Lu, HN Li, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven evaporation process brings exciting opportunities to recover clean water and
resources in a sustainable way from diverse sources like seawater and wastewater …

Condensation device design represents a critical step for solar-driven water evaporation toward practical applications

Z Zhao, C Wang, D Wei, F Wang - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024 - cell.com
Solar-driven water evaporation (SDWE) has unique advantages, such as no additional
energy consumption and low cost, and is a promising technology for obtaining fresh water …

Cost-effective and high-performance biguanide-incorporated ionic porous organic polymer for selective recovery of Pd (II) and Pt (IV) from metallurgical wastewater

J Xiong, Y Zhang, Y Chen, Z Zhou, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Porous organic polymers (POPs) have significant potential for recovering precious metals
from wastewater, but their high cost limits their practical application. In this work, two high …

Conductive nanofiltration membranes via in situ PEDOT-polymerization for electro-assisted membrane fouling mitigation

TZ Jia, R Feng, C Cui, Q Chen, L Cseri, RF Zhou… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes play a pivotal role in water treatment; however, the persistent
challenge of membrane fouling hampers their stable application. This study introduces a …

Design of Photothermal “Ion Pumps” for Achieving Energy-Efficient, Augmented, and Durable Lithium Extraction from Seawater

HN Li, C Zhang, JH Xin, YW Liu, HC Yang, CY Zhu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Extracting lithium from seawater has emerged as a disruptive platform to resolve the issue of
an ever-growing lithium shortage. However, achieving highly efficient and durable lithium …

Genetic neuro-computing model for insights on membrane performance in oily wastewater treatment: An integrated experimental approach

J Usman, SI Abba, NB Ishola, T El-Badawy… - … Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network-based
genetic algorithm (ANN-GA) were utilized to predict two crucial output parameters of …

Microalgae-enhanced bioremediation of Cr (VI) ions using spent coffee ground-derived magnetic biochar MoS2–Ag composites

NH Ly, NLM Khoa, NB Nguyen, VT Huong… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Composites of magnetic biochar derived from spent coffee grounds were prepared using
MoS 2 decorated by plasmonic silver nanoparticles (MoS 2–Ag), which were used for the …

Development and Characterization of Electrodes for Surface-Specific Attenuated Total Reflection Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry

M Bodine, V Rozyyev, JW Elam… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical interfaces still have remaining mysteries surrounding the interfacial region
of the electrical double layer, despite being prevalent throughout the energy and water …

Multifunctional self-assembled adsorption microspheres based on waste bamboo shoot shells for multi-pollutant water purification

J Yang, Q Long, Y Zhu, C Lin, X Xu, B Pan, W Shi… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, multilayer self-assembled multifunctional bamboo shoot shell biochar
microspheres (BSSBM) were prepared, in which bamboo shoot shell biochar was used as …

Solar-enhanced lithium extraction with self-sustaining water recycling from salt-lake brines

Q Xia, Z Deng, S Sun, W Zhao, J Ding… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Lithium is an emerging strategic resource for modern energy transformation toward
electrification and decarbonization. However, current mainstream direct lithium extraction …