Effect of Layer Orientation and Pore Morphology on Water Transport in Multilayered Porous Graphene

Abstract

In the present work, the effects on water transport due to the orientation of the layer in the multilayered porous graphene and the different patterns formed when the layer is oriented to some degrees are studied for both circular and non-circular pore configurations. Interestingly, the five-layered graphene membrane with a layer separation of 3.5 Å used in this study shows that the water transport through multilayered porous graphene can be augmented by introducing an angle to certain layers of the multilayered membrane system.

Keywords

• carbon
• graphene
• porous nanosheet
• multilayered graphene
• water transport
• layer orientation