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 …

Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

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 …

Electrochemical methods for lithium recovery: a comprehensive and critical review

A Battistel, MS Palagonia, D Brogioli… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the ubiquitous presence of lithium‐ion batteries in portable applications, and their
implementation in the transportation and large‐scale energy sectors, the future cost and …

Mxene pseudocapacitive electrode material for capacitive deionization

B Zhang, A Boretti, S Castelletto - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continually growing world population, water desalination has played a vital role
for many countries with a shortage of clean water services. A relevant process for brackish …

Emerging desalination technologies for water treatment: a critical review

A Subramani, JG Jacangelo - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a review of emerging desalination technologies is presented. Several
technologies for desalination of municipal and industrial wastewater have been proposed …

Biomimetic nacre-like silk-crosslinked membranes for osmotic energy harvesting

W Xin, H Xiao, XY Kong, J Chen, L Yang, B Niu… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As an approach to harvesting sustainable energy from ambient conditions, the osmotic
energy between river water and seawater contributes to solving global issues such as the …

Emerging trends in anion storage materials for the capacitive and hybrid energy storage and beyond

Q Dou, N Wu, H Yuan, KH Shin, Y Tang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical capacitors charge and discharge more rapidly than batteries over longer
cycles, but their practical applications remain limited due to their significantly lower energy …

Electrochemical ion insertion from the atomic to the device scale

A Sood, AD Poletayev, DA Cogswell… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …