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Electrochemical-repaired porous graphene membranes for precise ion-ion separation

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  • Zongyao Zhou

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Harbin Institute of Technology)

  • Kangning Zhao

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Heng-Yu Chi

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Yueqing Shen

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Shuqing Song

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Kuang-Jung Hsu

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Mojtaba Chevalier

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Wenxiong Shi

    (Tianjin University of Technology)

  • Kumar Varoon Agrawal

    (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

Abstract

The preparation of atom-thick porous lattice hosting Å-scale pores is attractive to achieve a large ion-ion selectivity in combination with a large ion flux. Graphene film is an ideal selective layer for this if high-precision pores can be incorporated, however, it is challenging to avoid larger non-selective pores at the tail-end of the pore size distribution which reduces ion-ion selectivity. Herein, we develop a strategy to overcome this challenge using an electrochemical repair strategy that successfully masks larger pores in large-area graphene. 10-nm-thick electropolymerized conjugated microporous polymer (CMP) layer is successfully deposited on graphene, thanks to a strong π-π interaction in these two materials. While the CMP layer itself is not selective, it effectively masks graphene pores, leading to a large Li+/Mg2+ selectivity from zero-dimensional pores reaching 300 with a high Li+ ion permeation rate surpassing the performance of reported materials for ion-ion separation. Overall, this scalable repair strategy enables the fabrication of monolayer graphene membranes with customizable pore sizes, limiting the contribution of nonselective pores, and offering graphene membranes a versatile platform for a broad spectrum of challenging separations.

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  • Zongyao Zhou & Kangning Zhao & Heng-Yu Chi & Yueqing Shen & Shuqing Song & Kuang-Jung Hsu & Mojtaba Chevalier & Wenxiong Shi & Kumar Varoon Agrawal, 2024. "Electrochemical-repaired porous graphene membranes for precise ion-ion separation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-48419-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48419-6
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