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    Mass Transport via In-Plane Nanopores in Graphene Oxide Membranes
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    • Tobias Foller
      Tobias Foller
      School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    • Lukas Madauß
      Lukas Madauß
      Faculty for Physics and CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
    • Dali Ji
      Dali Ji
      School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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    • Xiaojun Ren
      Xiaojun Ren
      School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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    • K. Kanishka H. De Silva
      K. Kanishka H. De Silva
      Surface Science Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan
    • Tiziana Musso
      Tiziana Musso
      School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    • Masamichi Yoshimura
      Masamichi Yoshimura
      Surface Science Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan
    • Henning Lebius
      Henning Lebius
      Normandie University, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14032 Caen, France
    • Abdenacer Benyagoub
      Abdenacer Benyagoub
      Normandie University, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14032 Caen, France
    • Priyank V. Kumar
      Priyank V. Kumar
      School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    • Marika Schleberger*
      Marika Schleberger
      Faculty for Physics and CENIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
      *Email for M.S.: [email protected]
    • Rakesh Joshi*
      Rakesh Joshi
      School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
      *Email for R.J.: [email protected]
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    Cite this: Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 12, 4941–4948
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    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01615
    Published June 10, 2022
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    Angstrom-confined solvents in 2D laminates can travel through interlayer spacings, through gaps between adjacent sheets, and via in-plane pores. Among these, experimental access to investigate the mass transport through in-plane pores is lacking. Our experiments allow an understanding of this mass transport via the controlled variation of oxygen functionalities, size and density of in-plane pores in graphene oxide membranes. Contrary to expectations, our transport experiments show that higher in-plane pore densities may not necessarily lead to higher water permeability. We observed that membranes with a high in-plane pore density but a low amount of oxygen functionalities exhibit a complete blockage of water. However, when water–ethanol mixtures with a weaker hydrogen network are used, these membranes show an enhanced permeation. Our combined experimental and computational results suggest that the transport mechanism is governed by the attraction of the solvents toward the pores with functional groups and hindered by the strong hydrogen network of water formed under angstrom confinement.

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    Nano Letters

    Cite this: Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 12, 4941–4948
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    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01615
    Published June 10, 2022
    Copyright © 2022 American Chemical Society

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