Nanoporous MoS Membrane for Water Desalination: A Molecular Dynamics Study.

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS), a two-dimensional (2D) material, promises better desalination efficiency, benefiting from the small diffusion length. While the monolayer nanoporous MoS membrane has great potential in the reverse osmosis (RO) desalination membrane, multilayer MoS membranes are more feasible to synthesize and economical than the monolayer MoS membrane. Building on the monolayer MoS membrane knowledge, the effects of the multilayer MoS membrane in water desalination were explored, and the results showed that increasing the pore size from 3 to 6 Å resulted in higher permeability but with lower salt rejection.

One-Pot Synthesized Visible Light-Driven BiOCl/AgCl/BiVO n-p Heterojunction for Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Pollutants.

A novel enhanced visible light absorption BiOCl/AgCl/BiVO heterojunction of photocatalysts could be obtained through a one-pot hydrothermal method used with two different pH solutions. There was a relationship between synthesis pH and the ratio of BiOCl to BiVO in XRD planes and their photocatalytic activity. The visible light photocatalytic performances of photocatalysts were evaluated via degradation of diclofenac (DCFF) as a pharmaceutical model pollutant.

New development of atomic layer deposition: processes, methods and applications.

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an ultra-thin film deposition technique that has found many applications owing to its distinct abilities. They include uniform deposition of conformal films with controllable thickness, even on complex three-dimensional surfaces, and can improve the efficiency of electronic devices. This technology has attracted significant interest both for fundamental understanding how the new functional materials can be synthesized by ALD and for numerous practical applications, particularly in advanced nanopatterning for microelectronics, energy storage systems, desalinations, catalysis and medical fields.