• 文献标题:   Broadening the Gas Separation Utility of Monolayer Nanoporous Graphene Membranes by an Ionic Liquid Gating
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUO W, MAHURIN SM, UNOCIC RR, LUO HM, DAI S
  • 作者关键词:   nanoporous graphene, gas separation, ultrathin membrane, ionic liquid
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Oak Ridge Natl Lab
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02860
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) monolayer atomic crystal materials offer great potential for extending the field of novel separation technology due to their infinitesimal thickness and mechanical strength. One difficult and ongoing challenge is to perforate the 2D monolayer material with subnanometer pores with atomic precision for sieving similarly sized molecules. Her; we demonstrate the exceptional separation performance of ionic liquid (IL)/graphene hybrid membranes for challenging separation of CO2 and N-2. Notably, the ultrathin ILs afford dynamic tuning of the size and chemical affinity of nanopores while preserving the high permeance of the monolayer nanoporous graphene membranes. The hybrid membrane yields a high CO2 permeance of 4000 GPU and an outstanding CO2/N-2 selectivity up to 32. This rational hybrid design provides a universal direction for broadening gas separation capability of atomically thin nanoporous membranes.