Bioinspired Ultrastrong Nanocomposite Membranes for Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting from Organic Solutions

• Published in: Advanced energy materials Vol. 10; no. 18
• Main Authors: Chen, Cheng, Liu, Dan, Yang, Guoliang, Wang, Jiemin, Wang, Lifeng, Lei, Weiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2020
• Subjects: aramid; Clean energy; Electric power generation; Energy; Energy harvesting; Graphene; graphene oxide; layer‐by‐layer assembly; Liquid crystal displays; Lithium chloride; Mechanical properties; Membranes; Methanol; nanocomposite membranes; Nanocomposites; Nanofibers; organic osmotic energy; Salinity; Waste to energy

Efforts to extract energy from waste organic solutions can not only support clean environments but also help to alleviate the energy crisis. Here, a bioinspired ultrastrong nanocomposite membrane is developed via the layer‐by‐layer method based on aramid nanofiber‐graphene oxide (AGO) with good mech...