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

Yicheng Liu, Li‐Hsien Yeh, Min-Jie Zheng, Kevin C.‐W. Wu

2021Science Advances277 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

under a 100-fold KBr gradient. Achieving ultrahigh selective and ultrafast osmotic transport in ion channel-mimetic MOF-based membranes opens previously unexplored avenues toward advanced separation technologies and energy-harvesting devices.

Topics & Concepts

MembraneMetal-organic frameworkEnergy transformationMaterials scienceSelectivityNanotechnologyChemical engineeringChemistryCatalysisOrganic chemistryEngineeringAdsorptionBiochemistryThermodynamicsPhysicsNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesFuel Cells and Related MaterialsMembrane Separation Technologies