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ArticleNature water2025

Solution-processable polymer membranes with hydrophilic subnanometre pores for sustainable lithium extraction.

Dingchang Yang, Yijie Yang, Toby Wong, Sunshine Iguodala, Anqi Wang, Louie Lovell, Fabrizia Foglia, Peter Fouquet, Charlotte Breakwell, Zhiyu Fan and 9 more

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Article in Nature water, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Dingchang YangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Yijie YangDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Toby WongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sunshine IguodalaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Anqi WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Louie LovellSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-0045-0101
Fabrizia FogliaDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2847-3489
Peter FouquetInstitut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.
Charlotte BreakwellDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Zhiyu FanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Yanlin WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Melanie M BrittonSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Daryl R WilliamsDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Nilay ShahDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Tongwen XuKey Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9221-5126
Neil B McKeownEaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Maria-Magdalena TitiriciDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kim E JelfsDepartment of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Qilei SongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8570-3626

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane-based separation processes hold great promise for sustainable extraction of lithium from brines for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle industry and renewable energy storage. However, it remains challenging to develop high-selectivity membranes that can be upscaled for industrial processes. Here we report solution-processable polymer membranes with subnanometre pores with excellent ion separation selectivity in electrodialysis processes for lithium extraction. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity incorporated with hydrophilic functional groups enable fast transport of monovalent alkali cations (Li

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Chemical engineeringMaterials chemistryPolymer chemistryPolymersPorous materials

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PMID40144313
PMCPMC11932922

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