When aided by advances in the fundamental understanding and atomic characterization, cellulose offers immense opportunities with diverse length scale and provides a sustainable solution for energy, water and sustainability. I will first talk about energy management using cellulose including the development of radiative cooling wood1, thermally insulting wood4, and transparent wood6. The microfluidic5, nanofluidic3 and molecular scale ion regulation2 capability of cellulose has also been explored. An expansive array of aligned cellulose nanofibers have been used as a high-performance ion regulation membrane from which an electrically gated ionic transistor was demonstrated3. The dimension of the ion transport channels shows excellent tunability from tens of nm to sub-nm via structural and molecular engineering. The transport of sodium ions within the molecular chains of cellulose was utilized for ionic thermoelectrics (~24 mV/K) to convert abundant low-grade thermal energy to electricity2.

Emerging cellulose technologies for energy, water and sustainability

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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