• 文献标题:   Overcoming humidity-induced swelling of graphene oxide-based hydrogen membranes using charge-compensating nanodiamonds
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG GJ, GHALEI B, ISFAHANI AP, KARAHAN HE, TERADA D, QIN DT, TSUJIMOTO M, YAMAGUCHI D, SUGIMOTO K, IGARASHI R, CHANG BK, LI T, SHIRAKAWA M, SIVANIAH E
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2058-7546
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  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41560-021-00946-y
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Graphene oxide (GO) can form ultrapermeable and ultraselective membranes that are promising for various gas separation applications, including hydrogen purification. However, GO films lose their attractive separation properties in humid conditions. Here we show that incorporating positively charged nanodiamonds (ND(+)s) into GO nanolaminates leads to humidity-resistant, yet high-performing, membranes. While native GO membranes fail at a single run, the GO/ND+ composite retains up to roughly 90% of GO's H-2 selectivity against CO2 after several cycles under an aggressive humidity test. The addition of negatively charged ND to GO brought no such stabilization, suggesting that charge compensation acts as the main mechanism conferring humidity resistance, where ND(+)s neutralize the negative charge GO sheets. We observed a similar but inferior stabilization effect when positively charged polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane replaces ND+. The demonstrated material platform offers a solution for separating H-2 gas from its usually humid mixtures generated from fossil fuel sources or water splitting. Graphene oxide's permeation properties make it a promising material for purification of hydrogen, but humidity can cause deleterious swelling. Here the authors remedy this by incorporating positively charged nanodiamonds into graphene oxide membranes, stabilizing the structure and minimizing performance degradation.