• 文献标题:   Inducing Electric Current in Graphene Using Ionic Flow
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN FF, ZHAO YH, SAXENA A, ZHAO CX, NIU MD, ALURU NR, FENG JD
  • 作者关键词:   electric transport, graphene, ionic flow, coulomb drag, nanofluidic
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00821 EA MAY 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Classical nanofluidic frameworks account for the confined fluid and ion transport under an electrostatic field at the solid-liquid interface, but the electronic property of the solid is often overlooked. Harvesting the interaction of the nanofluidic transport with the electron transport in solid requires a route effectively coupling ion and electron dynamics. Here we report a nanofluidic analogy of Coulomb drag for exploring the dynamic ion-electron interactions at the liquid-graphene interface. An induced electric current in graphene by ionic flow with no bias directly applied to the graphene channel is observed experimentally, featuring an opposite electron current direction to the ion current. Our experiments and ab initio calculations show that the current generation stems from the confined ion-electron interactions via a nanofluidic Coulomb drag mechanism. Our findings may open up a new dimension for nanofluidics and transport control by ion-electron coupling.