• 文献标题:   Photoinduced Directional Proton Transport through Printed Asymmetric Graphene Oxide Superstructures: A New Driving Mechanism under Full-Area Light Illumination
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG YB, LI FY, KONG XO, XUE TY, LIU D, JIA P, WANG LL, DING LP, DONG HL, LU DN, JIANG L, GUO W
  • 作者关键词:   2d layered material, bioinspired material, ion transport, lightdriven, nanofluidic
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.201907549 EA NOV 2019
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

2D-material-based membranes with densely packed sub-nanometer-height fluidic channels show exceptional transport properties, and have attracted broad research interest for energy-, environment-, and healthcare-related applications. Recently, light-controlled active transport of ionic species in abiotic materials have received renewed attention. However, its dependence on inhomogeneous or site-specific illumination is a challenge for scalable application. Here, directional proton transport through printed asymmetric graphene oxide superstructures (GOSs) is demonstrated under full-area illumination. The GOSs are composed of partially stacked graphene oxide multilayers formed by a two-step direct ink writing process. The direction of the photoinduced proton current is determined by the position of top graphene oxide multilayers, which functions as a photogate to modulate the horizontal ion transport through the beneath lamellar nanochannels. This transport phenomenon unveils a new driving mechanism that, in asymmetric nanofluidic structures, the decay of local light intensity in depth direction breaks the balance of electric potential distribution in horizontal direction, and thus generates a photoelectric driving force for ion transport. Following this mechanism, the GOSs are developed into photonic ion transistors with three different gating modes. The asymmetrically printed photonic-ionic devices provide fundamental elements for light-harvesting nanofluidic circuits, and may find applications for artificial photosynthesis and artificial electric organs.