Interfacial supramolecular interactions regulated oligomer networking into robust sub-nanochannels for efficient osmotic energy conversion
We engineer a 5-nm sulfonated membrane via oligomer assembly, achieving fast and selective ion transport. This exceptional performance stems from sub-Debye-length nanoconfinement (0.6 nm), charge-directed transport, and ultrashort pathways (5 nm).
Authors
- Bart Van der Bruggen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-2932)
- A Hubao
- Yan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3660-4669)
- Raf Dewil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4717-5484)
- Hengyue Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4438-9647)
- Shuang Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-8316)
- Huacheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5464-2947)
- Gang Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-2319)
- Yuanyuan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-3385)
Institutions
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (CZ)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Korea University (KR)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology (GB)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- RMIT University (AU)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ee03350k
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.37
Funders
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Vlaamse regering