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Current developments in electrochemical separations

A Telluride Science Workshop on electrochemical separations was convened in early 2025. In this Feature, 17 of the workshop participants share their perspectives and future outlooks on this rapidly growing research area.

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Acknowledgements

D.G.K. acknowledges support from NSF Award 2045032 and the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture. W.A.T. acknowledges the Stanford Bio-X interdisciplinary biosciences institute and the Stanford Chemical Engineering Department.

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Correspondence to Christopher G. Arges, Martin Z. Bazant, Roland D. Cusick, T. Alan Hatton, Steven A. Hawks, Chia-Hung Hou, Jovan Kamcev, David G. Kwabi, James Landon, Shihong Lin, Yupo J. Lin, Chong Liu, Xiao Su, William A. Tarpeh, Lauren Valentino, David Waite or Haotian Wang.

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M.Z.B. has a financial interest in Lithios, Inc. T.A.H. has a financial interest in Verdox and Solvanic. J.L. has a financial interest in PowerTech Water, Inc. d/b/a ElectraMet. X.S. has a financial interest in Valor Inc. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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Arges, C.G., Bazant, M.Z., Cusick, R.D. et al. Current developments in electrochemical separations. Nat Chem Eng 2, 524–528 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-025-00281-z

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