Breaking the trade-off with ordered nanochannels for higheffective osmotic energy conversion

Key Points

• The study aims to overcome the trade-off between ion flux and selectivity in osmotic energy conversion technologies.
• Proposed a skeleton-guided self-assembly strategy for fabricating nanochannels.
• Analyzed ion transport properties in the constructed nanochannels.
• Evaluated energy conversion efficiency under varying conditions.
• Achieved significant improvement in ion flux compared to traditional methods.
• Demonstrated enhanced selectivity with the new nanochannels, optimizing energy conversion.
• Results show increased energy conversion efficiency by up to 30% with the proposed design.