Ionization Engineering of Hydrogels Enables Highly Efficient Salt-Impeded Solar Evaporation and Night-Time Electricity Harvesting

Ion‐Transfer Engineering via Janus Hydrogels Enables Ultrahigh Performance and Salt‐Resistant Solar Desalination

(2023) Nan He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mangrove root-inspired evaporator enables high-rate salt-resistant solar desalination

(2023) Bingsen Wang et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Fibrous MXene Aerogels with Tunable Pore Structures for High-Efficiency Desalination of Contaminated Seawater

(2023) Fan Wu et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Fibrous Aerogels with Tunable Superwettability for High-Performance Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation

(2023) Chengjian Xu et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Fundamental Perspectives on the Electrochemical Water Applications of Metal–Organic Frameworks

(2023) Xiang He   Nano-Micro Letters

Superhydrophilic Polydopamine-Modified Carbon-Fiber Membrane with Rapid Seawater-Transferring Ability for Constructing Efficient Hanging-Model Evaporator

(2023) Wenmei Chong et al.   Advanced Fiber Materials

3D-printed tripodal porous wood-mimetic cellulosic composite evaporator for salt-free water desalination

(2023) Lu Chen et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Structure and Diffusive Properties of Water in Polymer Hydrogels

(2022) Ryo Naohara et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Facet-Controlled LiMn2O4/C as Deionization Electrode with Enhanced Stability and High Desalination Performance

(2022) Yuxin Jiang et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

MOF-Like 3D Graphene-Based Catalytic Membrane Fabricated by One-Step Laser Scribing for Robust Water Purification and Green Energy Production

(2022) Xinyu Huang et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

(2022) Hongqi Zou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Aqueous Two-Phase Interfacial Assembly of COF Membranes for Water Desalination

(2022) Hongjian Wang et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Highly selective and high-performance osmotic power generators in subnanochannel membranes enabled by metal-organic frameworks

(2021) Yi-Cheng Liu et al.   Science Advances

Under pressure: Hydrogel swelling in a granular medium

(2021) Jean-François Louf et al.   Science Advances

Nanofluidic Membranes to Address the Challenges of Salinity Gradient Power Harvesting

(2021) Xin Tong et al.   ACS Nano

Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion

(2021) Zhen Zhang et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Scalable Wood Hydrogel Membrane with Nanoscale Channels

(2021) Gegu Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Hierarchical Photothermal Fabrics with Low Evaporation Enthalpy as Heliotropic Evaporators for Efficient, Continuous, Salt-Free Desalination

(2021) Zixiao Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Reed Leaves Inspired Silica Nanofibrous Aerogels with Parallel-Arranged Vessels for Salt-Resistant Solar Desalination

(2021) Xiangyang Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Salt‐Resistant 3D Hydrogel Evaporator for Continuous Solar Desalination via Localized Crystallization

(2021) Lin Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self‐Repairing and Damage‐Tolerant Hydrogels for Efficient Solar‐Powered Water Purification and Desalination

(2021) Fangbin Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Vertically symmetrical evaporator based on photothermal fabrics for efficient continuous desalination through inversion strategy

(2021) Zixiao Liu et al.   DESALINATION

Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials

(2021) Kuichang Zuo et al.   Materials Today

High-Efficiency Wastewater Purification System Based on Coupled Photoelectric–Catalytic Action Provided by Triboelectric Nanogenerator

(2021) Shen Shen et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Nature Inspired MXene-Decorated 3D Honeycomb-Fabric Architectures Toward Efficient Water Desalination and Salt Harvesting

(2021) Zhiwei Lei et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Highly efficient three-dimensional solar evaporator for high salinity desalination by localized crystallization

(2020) Lei Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Zwitterionic Sulfobetaine Hydrogel Electrolyte Building Separated Positive/Negative Ion Migration Channels for Aqueous Zn‐MnO 2 Batteries with Superior Rate Capabilities

(2020) Funian Mo et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Structure Architecting for Salt-Rejecting Solar Interfacial Desalination to Achieve High-Performance Evaporation With In Situ Energy Generation

(2020) Yaoxin Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

(2020) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Flexible and Mildew-Resistant Wood-Derived Aerogel for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

(2020) Qian Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Cellular Structured CNTs@SiO 2 Nanofibrous Aerogels with Vertically Aligned Vessels for Salt‐Resistant Solar Desalination

(2020) Xiangyang Dong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability

(2020) Youhong Guo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Janus Evaporators with Self-Recovering Hydrophobicity for Salt-Rejecting Interfacial Solar Desalination

(2020) Jinxing Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Highly salt-resistant and all-weather solar-driven interfacial evaporators with photothermal and electrothermal effects based on Janus graphene@silicone sponges

(2020) Lingxiao Li et al.   Nano Energy

A High‐Performance Self‐Regenerating Solar Evaporator for Continuous Water Desalination

(2019) Yudi Kuang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification

(2019) Xingyi Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Osmotic Pumping and Salt Rejection by Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel for Continuous Solar Desalination

(2019) Jian Zeng et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Hydrogels as an Emerging Material Platform for Solar Water Purification

(2019) Xingyi Zhou et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

(2018) Weichao Xu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Muscle-Inspired Highly Anisotropic, Strong, Ion-Conductive Hydrogels

(2018) Weiqing Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solar-driven simultaneous steam production and electricity generation from salinity

(2017) Peihua Yang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Advances in engineering hydrogels

(2017) Yu Shrike Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Polystyrene Sulfonate Threaded through a Metal-Organic Framework Membrane for Fast and Selective Lithium-Ion Separation

(2016) Yi Guo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Saving freshwater from salts

(2016) M. Canedo-Arguelles et al.   SCIENCE

Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

(2016) M. M. Mekonnen et al.   Science Advances

Modeling of power generation from the mixing of simulated saline and freshwater with a reverse electrodialysis system: The effect of monovalent and multivalent ions

(2013) Jin Gi Hong et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Salinisation of rivers: An urgent ecological issue

(2012) Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Towards understanding the nanofluidic reverse electrodialysis system: well matched charge selectivity and ionic composition

(2011) Liuxuan Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Development and evaluation of new zwitterionic Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography stationary phases based on 3-P,P-diphenylphosphonium-propylsulfonate

(2011) Haixiao Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE

The Donnan Membrane Principle: Opportunities for Sustainable Engineered Processes and Materials

(2010) Sudipta Sarkar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of sodium chloride and water transport in crosslinked poly(ethylene oxide) hydrogels

(2010) Hao Ju et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter