• 文献标题:   Facile Fabrication of Large-Area Atomically Thin Membranes by Direct Synthesis of Graphene with Nanoscale Porosity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIDAMBI PR, NGUYEN GD, ZHANG S, CHEN Q, KONG D, WARNER J, LI AP, KARNIK R
  • 作者关键词:   bottomup synthesi, dialysis desalting, nanoporous atomically thin membranes natms, nanoporous graphene membrane, nanoscale pore, selective transport
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vanderbilt Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.201804977
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Direct synthesis of graphene with well-defined nanoscale pores over large areas can transform the fabrication of nanoporous atomically thin membranes (NATMs) and greatly enhance their potential for practical applications. However, scalable bottom-up synthesis of continuous sheets of nanoporous graphene that maintain integrity over large areas has not been demonstrated. Here, it is shown that a simple reduction in temperature during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Cu induces in-situ formation of nanoscale defects (< 2-3 nm) in the graphene lattice, enabling direct and scalable synthesis of nanoporous monolayer graphene. By solution-casting of hierarchically porous polyether sulfone supports on the as-grown nanoporous CVD graphene, large-area (>5 cm(2)) NATMs for dialysis applications are demonstrated. The synthesized NATMs show size-selective diffusive transport and effective separation of small molecules and salts from a model protein, with approximate to 2-100x increase in permeance along with selectivity better than or comparable to state-of-the-art commercially available polymeric dialysis membranes. The membranes constitute the largest fully functional NATMs fabricated via bottom-up nanopore formation, and can be easily scaled up to larger sizes permitted by CVD synthesis. The results highlight synergistic benefits in blending traditional membrane casting with bottom-up pore creation during graphene CVD for advancing NATMs toward practical applications.