Review on the polymer materials for capacitive deionization

D Kang, C Huang, M Ding, HY Yang - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Capacitive deionization (CDI) emerges as an attractive alternative to conventional
desalination approaches, offering a harmonious blend of low energy consumption …

Toward sustainable electrochemically mediated separations driven by renewable energy

KH Cho, CY Chen, A Aguda, MJ Fournier, X Su - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Environmental pollution, water scarcity, resource shortage, and fossil fuel reliance have all
represented threats to a sustainable future. Separation processes play a pivotal role in …

Redox-mediated electrodialysis for desalination, environmental remediation, and resource recovery

N Kim, A Aguda, C Kim, X Su - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemically driven separation technologies have become a promising avenue for
tackling environmental and energy challenges. By bridging redox-based energy storage and …

Redox-responsive halogen bonding as a highly selective interaction for electrochemical separations

N Kim, VS Jeyaraj, J Elbert, SJ Seo, AV Mironenko… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Leveraging specific noncovalent interactions can broaden the mechanims for selective
electrochemical separations beyond solely electrostatic interactions. Here, we explore redox …

Unraveling the Role of Solvation and Ion Valency on Redox-Mediated Electrosorption through In Situ Neutron Reflectometry and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

R Candeago, H Wang, MT Nguyen, M Doucet… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Solvation and ion valency effects on selectivity of metal oxyanions at redox–polymer
interfaces are explored through in situ spatial-temporally resolved neutron reflectometry …

Controlling Bicontinuous Polyelectrolyte Complexation for Membrane Selectivity: Redox‐Mediated Electrochemical Separation of Volatile Fatty Acids

W Oh, N Kim, H Kim, RI Mackie… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fermentative volatile fatty acid (VFA) production is a sustainable approach for waste
valorization. However, selective product recovery remains challenging due to the range of …

Integrating redox-electrodialysis and electrosorption for the removal of ultra-short-to long-chain PFAS

N Kim, J Elbert, E Shchukina, X Su - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
A major challenge in per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation has been their
structural and chemical diversity, ranging from ultra-short to long-chain compounds, which …

Amine-containing block copolymers for efficient catalyst-free hydroamination and preparation of functional metallopolymers

T Rittner, K Ghulam, M Koch, M Gallei - Polymer Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cobaltocenium-containing polymers, an emerging class of materials, have historically been
challenging to prepare due to their chemical robustness. In this work, we introduce a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Selective electrochemical recovery of cerium over lanthanum from complex waste feedstocks by alternating current electro-precipitation

H Vapnik, HE Kim, Y Kim, AWS Ooi, HB Vibbert… - Chemical Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical for modern society due to widespread industrial
demand and supply chain challenges. Efficient technologies for REE recovery and recycling …

[HTML][HTML] Redox-mediated ion separation and exchange by tailored design of immobilized metallopolymers

D Schmitt, M Gallei - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Mining and harvesting of valuable components from water or organic phases are urgent
challenges. Metallopolymers can show excellent control of the binding and release of target …