A sulfonated ultramicroporous membrane with selective ion transport enables osmotic energy extraction from multiform salt solutions with exceptional efficiency-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A sulfonated ultramicroporous membrane with selective ion transport enables osmotic energy extraction from multiform salt solutions with exceptional efficiency

Published:2022 Issue:10 Volume:15 Page:4148-4156
ISSN:1754-5692
Container-title:Energy & Environmental Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Energy Environ. Sci.

Author:

Zhu Qing¹,Li Yuanyuan¹,Qian Qingling¹,Zuo Peipei¹,Guiver Michael D.²³^ORCID,Yang Zhengjin¹^ORCID,Xu Tongwen¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials), School of Chemistry and Material Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China

2. State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30072, P. R. China

3. Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China

Abstract

An ultramicroporous membrane provides highly selective ion transport, enabling power generation from solutions with/without salinity difference, or potentially from wastewater. This extends the concept of extracting Gibbs energy from solution mixing.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/EE/D2EE00851C

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