articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyAug 19, 2014Closed access

High-Performance Ionic Diode Membrane for Salinity Gradient Power Generation

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Salinity difference between seawater and river water is a sustainable energy resource that catches eyes of the public and the investors in the background of energy crisis. To capture this energy, interdisciplinary efforts from chemistry, materials science, environmental science, and nanotechnology have been made to create efficient and economically viable energy conversion methods and materials. Beyond conventional membrane-based processes, technological breakthroughs in harvesting salinity gradient power from natural waters are expected to emerge from the novel fluidic transport phenomena on the nanoscale. A major challenge toward real-world applications is to extrapolate existing single-channel devices to…

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