High permeability sub-nanometre sieve composite MoS2 membranes

Sapkota, Bedanga; Liang, Wentao; VahidMohammadi, Armin; Karnik, Rohit; Noy, Aleksandr; Wanunu, Meni

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16577-y

Title: High permeability sub-nanometre sieve composite MoS₂ membranes

Journal Article · Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16577-y· OSTI ID:1815660

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Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Kostas Advanced Nanocharacterization Facility (KANCF)
Auburn Univ., AL (United States). Dept. of Materials Engineering
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States). School of Natural Sciences

Two-dimensional membranes have gained enormous interest due to their potential to deliver precision filtration of species with performance that can challenge current desalination membrane platforms. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) laminar membranes have recently demonstrated superior stability in aqueous environment to their extensively-studied analogs graphene-based membranes; however, challenges such as low ion rejection for high salinity water, low water flux, and low stability over time delay their potential adoption as a viable technology. Here, we report composite laminate multilayer MoS₂membranes with stacked heterodimensional one- to two-layer-thick porous nanosheets and nanodisks. These membranes have a multimodal porous network structure with tunable surface charge, pore size, and interlayer spacing. In forward osmosis, our membranes reject more than 99% of salts at high salinities and, in reverse osmosis, small-molecule organic dyes and salts are efficiently filtered. Finally, our membranes stably operate for over a month, implying their potential for use in commercial water purification applications.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; 1710211

OSTI ID:: 1815660

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1867112

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-833378; PII: 16577

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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