Photo-induced ultrafast active ion transport through graphene oxide membranes

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

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09178-x

Photo-induced ultrafast active ion transport through graphene oxide membranes

Journal Article · Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09178-x· OSTI ID:1607190

Yang, Jinlei ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[2]; Jia, Pan ^[1]; Ji, Danyan ^[1]; Quan, Di ^[1]; Wang, Lili ^[3]; Wen, Qi ^[3]; ^[2]; Wu, Jianzhong ^[4]; Jiang, Lei ^[3]; ^[3]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Technical Inst. of Physics and Chemistry; Univ. of Chinese Acadaemy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Technical Inst. of Physics and Chemistry
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)

Layered graphene oxide membranes (GOM) with densely packed sub-nanometer-wide lamellar channels show exceptional ionic and molecular transport properties. Mass and charge transport in existing materials follows their concentration gradient, whereas attaining anti-gradient transport, also called active transport, remains a great challenge. Here, we demonstrate a coupled photon-electron-ion transport phenomenon through the GOM. Upon asymmetric light illumination, cations are able to move thermodynamically uphill over a broad range of concentrations, at rates much faster than that via simple diffusion. We propose, as a plausible mechanism, that light irradiation reduces the local electric potential on the GOM following a carrier diffusion mechanism. When the illumination is applied to an off-center position, an electric potential difference is built that can drive the transport of ionic species. We further develop photonic ion switches, photonic ion diodes, and photonic ion transistors as the fundamental elements for active ion sieving and artificial photosynthesis on synthetic nanofluidic circuits.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Research Fund for Fundamental Key Projects

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1607190

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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