Nitrogen-Mediated Graphene Oxide Enables Highly Efficient Proton Transfer.
Nitrogen-Mediated Graphene Oxide Enables Highly Efficient Proton Transfer.
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DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-05570-z
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发表时间:
2017-07-12
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Guo Z
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作者:
Chai GL;Shevlin SA;Guo Z
Two-dimensional (2D) graphene and graphene oxide (GO) offer great potential as a new type of cost-efficient proton-exchange membranes (PEM) for electrochemical devices. However, fundamental issues of proton transfer mechanism via 2D membranes are unclear and the transfer barrier for perfect graphene are too high for practical application. Using ab initio molecular dynamic simulations, we screened the proton transfer barrier for different un-doped and nitrogen doped GO membranes, and clarified the corresponding transfer mechanisms. More significantly, we further identify that N-mediated GO can be built into a highly efficient PEM with a proton transfer rate of seven orders of magnitude higher than an un-doped case via. a proton relay mechanism between a ketone-like oxygen and a pyridine-like nitrogen across the vacancy site. The N-doped 2D GO is also impermeable to small molecules, and hence a highly efficient PEM for practical applications.
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