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Chemical Communications

Moisture-driven power generation in MXene composite membranes regulated by hygroscopic ionic liquids

Shiwei Chen,ab   Wenjia Guo,b   Yanlei Wang, ORCID logo *c   Yangyang Wan ORCID logo *a  and  Hongyan He ORCID logo *bd  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
E-mail: yangyang.wan@ujs.edu.cn

b Center of Ionic Liquids and Green Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory of Solid State Battery and Energy Storage Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
E-mail: hyhe@ipe.ac.cn

c School of Chemistry and Life Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
E-mail: ylwang17@ruc.edu.cn

d School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

We report a moisture-driven power generator (MPG) based on a MXene layered membrane confining hygroscopic ionic liquids. This unique configuration harnesses ambient humidity, simultaneously achieving efficient moisture absorption and selective ion transport, thereby directly generating electricity. This work not only unveils the microstructure-performance relationship enhanced by the ionic engineering but also provides an efficient design route for high-performance MPG.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06739A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Dec 2025
Accepted
10 Feb 2026
First published
11 Feb 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Moisture-driven power generation in MXene composite membranes regulated by hygroscopic ionic liquids

S. Chen, W. Guo, Y. Wang, Y. Wan and H. He, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06739A

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