A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers
Abstract
The advancement of nanofluidic applications will require the identification of materials with high-conductivity nanoscale channels that can be readily obtained at massive scale. Inspired by the transpiration in mesostructured trees, we report a nanofluidic membrane consisting of densely packed cellulose nanofibers directly derived from wood. Numerous nanochannels are produced among an expansive array of one-dimensional cellulose nanofibers. The abundant functional groups of cellulose enable facile tuning of the surface charge density via chemical modification. The nanofiber-nanofiber spacing can also be tuned from ~2 to ~20 nm by structural engineering. The surface-charge-governed ionic transport region shows a high ionic conductivity plateau of ~2 mS cm-1(up to 10 mM). The nanofluidic membrane also exhibits excellent mechanical flexibility, demonstrating stable performance even when the membrane is folded 150°. Combining the inherent advantages of cellulose, this novel class of membrane offers an environmentally responsible strategy for flexible and printable nanofluidic applications.
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- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1566713
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001160
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; bio-inspired; energy storage (including batteries and capacitors); defects; charge transport; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing)
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Li, Tian, Li, Sylvia Xin, Kong, Weiqing, Chen, Chaoji, Hitz, Emily, Jia, Chao, Dai, Jiaqi, Zhang, Xin, Briber, Robert, Siwy, Zuzanna, Reed, Mark, and Hu, Liangbing. A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau4238.
Li, Tian, Li, Sylvia Xin, Kong, Weiqing, Chen, Chaoji, Hitz, Emily, Jia, Chao, Dai, Jiaqi, Zhang, Xin, Briber, Robert, Siwy, Zuzanna, Reed, Mark, & Hu, Liangbing. A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4238
Li, Tian, Li, Sylvia Xin, Kong, Weiqing, Chen, Chaoji, Hitz, Emily, Jia, Chao, Dai, Jiaqi, Zhang, Xin, Briber, Robert, Siwy, Zuzanna, Reed, Mark, and Hu, Liangbing. Fri .
"A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4238. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1566713.
@article{osti_1566713,
title = {A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers},
author = {Li, Tian and Li, Sylvia Xin and Kong, Weiqing and Chen, Chaoji and Hitz, Emily and Jia, Chao and Dai, Jiaqi and Zhang, Xin and Briber, Robert and Siwy, Zuzanna and Reed, Mark and Hu, Liangbing},
abstractNote = {The advancement of nanofluidic applications will require the identification of materials with high-conductivity nanoscale channels that can be readily obtained at massive scale. Inspired by the transpiration in mesostructured trees, we report a nanofluidic membrane consisting of densely packed cellulose nanofibers directly derived from wood. Numerous nanochannels are produced among an expansive array of one-dimensional cellulose nanofibers. The abundant functional groups of cellulose enable facile tuning of the surface charge density via chemical modification. The nanofiber-nanofiber spacing can also be tuned from ~2 to ~20 nm by structural engineering. The surface-charge-governed ionic transport region shows a high ionic conductivity plateau of ~2 mS cm-1(up to 10 mM). The nanofluidic membrane also exhibits excellent mechanical flexibility, demonstrating stable performance even when the membrane is folded 150°. Combining the inherent advantages of cellulose, this novel class of membrane offers an environmentally responsible strategy for flexible and printable nanofluidic applications.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aau4238},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 2,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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