Citation: Yaohua Wu, Yihong Chen, Juanshan Du, Huazhe Wang, Chuchu Chen, Wenrui Jia, Yongqi Liang, Qinglian Wu, Wan-Qian Guo. Ice-assisted synthesis of functional materials: Strategies and environmental applications[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(12): 110944. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110944 shu

Ice-assisted synthesis of functional materials: Strategies and environmental applications

Yaohua Wu ^{a, 1} ,
Yihong Chen ^{a, 1} ,
Juanshan Du ^{b, *,} ,
Huazhe Wang ^a ,
Chuchu Chen ^a ,
Wenrui Jia ^a ,
Yongqi Liang ^a ,
Qinglian Wu ^a ,
Wan-Qian Guo ^{a, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
b.
Department of Energy Engineering, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju 58330, South Korea

dujuanshan317@163.com

guowanqian@126.com

Received Date: 6 September 2024
Revised Date: 4 January 2025
Accepted Date: 10 February 2025
Available Online: 11 February 2025

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Ice-assisted synthesis is a facile, effective, and eco-friendly approach for preparing environmental functional materials. The quasi-liquid layer (QLL) or ice grain boundary (IGB) of the ice provides ideal interface-confined environments for preparing two-dimensional (2D) sheet-like, three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous, polymeric hybrid, and atomically dispersed materials via the in-situ interfacial chemical reactions. Ice-templating physical pretreatment allows directional assembly of preformed materials, sheet exfoliation from bulk materials, transfer or cleaning of 2D materials, uniform dispersion of precursors, and self-assembly of nanoparticles. Additionally, the ice-melting process offers a novel way to prepare nanomaterials of uniform size due to the ultraslow release of reactants from the ice crystals. Furthermore, environmental applications of ice-assisted synthetic materials have been concluded. Advanced membrane materials synthesized based on ice chemistry exhibit superior water permeance, ion selectivity, and disinfection. Also, ice-assisted synthesis has innate advantages for designing environmental functional catalysts or adsorbents dedicated to environmental remediation. Finally, the challenges of the current progress in this field are discussed.
- Ice-assisted synthesis,
- Ice-confined interface,
- Ice-templating,
- Ice-melting,
- Membrane separation,
- Environmental catalysis,
- Adsorption
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