• 文献标题:   Electric-Field-Induced Ionic Sieving at Planar Graphene Oxide Heterojunctions for Miniaturized Water Desalination
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEN Q, JIA P, CAO LX, LI JP, QUAN D, WANG LL, ZHANG YB, LU DN, JIANG L, GUO W
  • 作者关键词:   2d layered material, heterostructure, ion transport, nanofluidic, water desalination
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.201903954 EA MAR 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Layered graphene oxide membranes (GOMs) offer a unique platform for precise sieving of small ions and molecules due to controlled sub-nanometer-wide interlayer distance and versatile surface chemistry. Pristine and chemically modified GOMs effectively block organic dyes and nanoparticles, but fail to exclude smaller ions with hydrated diameters less than 9 angstrom. Toward sieving of small inorganic salt ions, a number of strategies are proposed by reducing the interlayer spacing down to merely several angstroms. However, one critical challenge for such compressed GOMs is the extremely low water flux (<0.1 Lm(-2) h(-1) bar(-1)) that prevents these innovative nanomaterials from being used in real-world applications. Here, a planar heterogeneous graphene oxide membrane (PHGOM) with both nearly perfect salt rejection and high water flux is reported. Horizontal ion transport through oppositely charged GO multilayer lateral heterojunction exhibits bi-unipolar transport behavior, blocking the conduction of both cations and anions. Assisted by a forward electric field, salt concentration is depleted in the near-neutral transition area of the PHGOM. In this situation, deionized water can be extracted from the depletion zone. Following this mechanism, a high rejection rate of 97.0% for NaCl and water flux of 1529 Lm(-2) h(-1) bar(-1) at the outlet via an inverted T-shaped water extraction mode are achieved.