Electrochemistry under confinement

Abstract

Although the term ‘confinement’ regularly appears in electrochemical literature, up until today the various aspects of confinement in electrochemistry are rather scattered individual contributions outside the established disciplines in this field.

The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

“…Recently, a few reviews have provided an enlightening overview on the structural design and synthesis of nanochannels and 2D nanomaterials from a materials science point of view, highlighting some prospective applications in membrane technology related to gas separation, 40,56,57 ion separation, 16,58 electrochemistry 59 and batteries and fuel cells. 13,60 However, the focus of the current review is distinctly different as we seek to discuss the prospects of next-generation membranes incorporating biological, biomimetic and synthetic water channels, with critical discussions made to compare and contrast the three types of nanochannels in terms of chemistry and transport performance.…”

Rational Manipulation of Intermediates on Copper for CO2 Electroreduction Toward Multicarbon Products

“…Spatial confinement effects can change the mass transfer process and optimize the local distribution of intermediates [146]. Constructing porous Cu electrodes is a typical method of altering the mass transfer based on the specific confinement effect of pores.…”

Microfluidic quantum sensing platform for lab-on-a-chip applications

“…Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) applications significantly impact physical and life sciences, hinging on the extensive system miniaturization of microfluidics, where benefits range from well-defined mass and heat transport to extensive process parallelization [1]. Additionally, microfluidics can optimize conventional chemical or biological processes [2], enabling applications in single-cell biology [3], drug discovery [4], organ-on-a-chip research [5,6], or electrochemistry [7]. However, analytics and process control in LOC platforms are still exceedingly challenging, requiring extensive sensor miniaturization and the integration of multiple sensor types [7][8][9].…”

“…Additionally, microfluidics can optimize conventional chemical or biological processes [2], enabling applications in single-cell biology [3], drug discovery [4], organ-on-a-chip research [5,6], or electrochemistry [7]. However, analytics and process control in LOC platforms are still exceedingly challenging, requiring extensive sensor miniaturization and the integration of multiple sensor types [7][8][9].…”