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ArticleNature communications2025

A rationally designed scalable thin film nanocomposite cation exchange membrane for precise lithium extraction.

Yuren Feng, Yifan Zhu, Weiqiang Chen, Xiaochuan Huang, Xintong Weng, Matthew D Meyer, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Yiming Liu, Ze He, Chia-Hung Hou and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yuren Feng *Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Yifan Zhu *NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-5764
Weiqiang ChenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-6710
Xiaochuan HuangDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3273-8048
Xintong WengDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Matthew D MeyerShared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-6123
Tsai-Hsuan ChenGraduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yiming LiuDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Ze HeNSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Chia-Hung HouGraduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-4096
Kuichang ZuoThe Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environment Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3922-8702
Ngai Yin YipDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Kai GongDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Jun LouNSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. jlou@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4351-9561
Qilin LiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. qilin.li@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5756-3873

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise separation of ions of the same polarity and similar valence and size remains a critical need in resource recovery from waste streams. Here, we report the rational design and scalable fabrication of a thin film nanocomposite (TFN) cation exchange membrane to achieve precise selectivity for lithium over competing cations. The precise selectivity is realized by an ultrathin polyamide (PA) layer incorporated with amine functionalized β-monoclinic lithium titanium oxide (N-LTO) nanoparticles using a scalable interfacial polymerization process that allows high N-LTO loading while minimizing interfacial defects. The TFN membrane demonstrates superior Li

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