Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Ion sieving by a two-dimensional Ti3C2T x alginate lamellar membrane with stable interlayer spacing

  • Jin Wang,
  • Zhijie Zhang,
  • Jiani Zhu,
  • Mengtao Tian,
  • Shuchang Zheng,
  • Fudi Wang,
  • Xudong Wang,
  • Lei Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17373-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Two dimensional lamellar membranes are attractive for anomalous water and ion transfer, but performance is hindered by swelling. Here, the authors stabilize a MXene membrane laminar architecture with fixed nanochannels, achieving highly selective acid recovery from iron-based wastewater.