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ArticleMembranes2020

Energy Harvesting from Brines by Reverse Electrodialysis Using Nafion Membranes.

Ahmet H Avci, Diego A Messana, Sergio Santoro, Ramato Ashu Tufa, Efrem Curcio, Gianluca Di Profio, Enrica Fontananova

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Article in Membranes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmet H AvciDepartment of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5504-4831
Diego A MessanaDepartment of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.
Sergio SantoroDepartment of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7687-0780
Ramato Ashu TufaDepartment of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Efrem CurcioDepartment of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7497-878X
Gianluca Di ProfioInstitute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council (ITM-CNR), at University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8317-6233
Enrica FontananovaInstitute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council (ITM-CNR), at University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2506-0160
National Research Council · ITUniversity of Calabria · ITInstitute on Membrane Technology · ITTechnical University of Denmark · DK

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca IDEA-ERANETMED2-72-357 (prot. MIUR no. 10912, 06/06/2016; concession grant decree no. 3366, 12/18/2018)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) have consolidated applications in energy conversion and storage systems, like fuel cells and battery separators. Moreover, in the perspective to address the global need for non-carbon-based and renewable energies, salinity-gradient power (SGP) harvesting by reverse electrodialysis (RED) is attracting significant interest in recent years. In particular, brine solutions produced in desalination plants can be used as concentrated streams in a SGP-RED stack, providing a smart solution to the problem of brine disposal. Although Nafion is probably the most prominent commercial cation exchange membrane for electrochemical applications, no study has investigated yet its potential in RED. In this work, Nafion 117 and Nafion 115 membranes were tested for NaCl and NaCl + MgCl

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brineNafionreverse electrodialysis

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PMID32731421
PMCPMC7463554
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