Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Unidirectional ion transport in nanoporous carbon membranes with a hierarchical pore architecture

  • Lu Chen,
  • Bin Tu,
  • Xubin Lu,
  • Fan Li,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Markus Antonietti,
  • Kai Xiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24947-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ion transport through nano channels can exhibit intriguing non-linear behaviour. Here, Chen et al. fabricate a hierarchical system of sandwiched carbon membranes of wide and narrow pores with substantial enhancement in rectification ratio of the ionic current, adjustable by optical triggers.