New York University

University of California

Daniela Eugenia Blanco

Miguel Antonio Modestino

Shane Ardo

William White

Joseph M Cardon

Ronald S Reiter

Lawrence A Renna

Leanna Schulte

Christopher D Sanborn

Eric Schwartz

Rohit Bhide

Zainub Aaliyah Imran Dookhith

Jingyuan Liu

Kevin Tkacz

A photodialysis device that can desalinate saline streams is described herein. The device can have a desalination rate that is significantly faster than current solar thermal desalination technology. Salt is removed from water by passing ionic current derived from sunlight through this water using dye-sensitized membranes. The device can serve as a distributed, low-cost technology that can efficiently and effectively desalinate low salinity sources of water, which is particularly useful for agriculture and drinking water applications.

Systems and methods for integrated solar photodialysis

Provided are methods of making aliphatic or aromatic compounds (e.g., small molecules or polymers) having one or more amine groups and/or imine groups. A method of the present disclosure is an electrohydrogenation method, where a potential is applied to an aliphatic or aromatic compound (e.g., small molecule or polymer) having one or more nitrile groups, where after the potential is applied one or more of the nitrile groups are reduced to an amine or imine. The electrohydrogenation may be carried out using non-pulsed or pulsed potential waveforms.

Electrohydrogenation of nitriles

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Daniela Eugenia Blanco