• 文献标题:   Molecular simulation for separation of ethylene and ethane by functionalised graphene membrane
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HOU YF, LI YY, JIANG C, XU Y, WANG MM, NIU QJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene membrane, gas separation, molecular simulation
  • 出版物名称:   MOLECULAR SIMULATION
  • ISSN:   0892-7022 EI 1029-0435
  • 通讯作者地址:   China Univ Petr
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1080/08927022.2019.1632451 EA JUL 2019
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Graphene is an excellent adsorbent and a membrane material for separation which has attracted wide attention in recent years. Moreover, compared with typical polymer materials, porous graphene has exhibited superior performance. In this paper, molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics were used to explore the appropriate pore size and separation mechanism of graphene. The 2N-Pore-13 (modified by N and H atom) membrane can prevent the penetration of ethane while maintaining high ethylene flux. The permeation rate of ethylene reached 3.7x10(6) GPU in 5N-Pore-13 membrane, while the one of ethane was only 227 GPU. The mechanism is based on the fact that molecular structure of ethylene is two-dimensional, so that ethylene can get closer to membrane surface when it is adsorbed. When passing through the pores, ethylene has lower enthalpy and entropy barrier.