Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Photo-induced ultrafast active ion transport through graphene oxide membranes

  • Jinlei Yang,
  • Xiaoyu Hu,
  • Xian Kong,
  • Pan Jia,
  • Danyan Ji,
  • Di Quan,
  • Lili Wang,
  • Qi Wen,
  • Diannan Lu,
  • Jianzhong Wu,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Wei Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09178-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ionic transport through subnanometer-sized channels in 2D material-based membranes can be exploited for energy and separation applications. Here the authors demonstrate the visible light activation of an ultrafast ionic flux against a concentration gradient in graphene oxide membranes.