Architecture and mass transport properties of graphene-based membranes
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Architecture and mass transport properties of graphene‑based membranes Heechan Yang1 · Jonghyun Baek1 · Hyung Gyu Park1 Received: 13 May 2020 / Revised: 13 May 2020 / Accepted: 18 June 2020 / Published online: 20 August 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract A recently rising question of the applicability of two-dimensional (2D) materials to membranes of enhanced performance in water technology is drawing attention increasingly. At the center of the attention lies graphene, an atom-thick 2D material, for its readiness and manufacturability. This review presents an overview of recent research activities focused on the fundamental mass transport phenomena of two feasible membrane architectures from graphene. If one could perforate pores in a pristine impermeable graphene sheet with dimensional accuracy, the perforated 2D orifice would show unrivaled permeation of gases and liquids due to the 0D atomic barrier. If possibly endowed with selectivity, the porous graphene orifice would avail potentially for membrane separation processes. For example, it is noteworthy that results of molecular dynamics simulations and several early experiments have exhibited the potential use of the ultrathin permeable graphene layer having sub-nanometer-sized pores for a water desalination membrane. The other membrane design is obtainable by random stacking of moderately oxidized graphene platelets. This lamellar architecture suggests the possibility of water treatment and desalination membranes because of subnanometric interlayer spacing between two adjacent graphene sheets. The unique structure and mass transport phenomena could enlist these graphene membrane architectures as extraordinary membrane material effective to various applications of membrane technology including water treatment. Graphic abstract
Keywords Two-dimensional materials · Graphene · Perforated 2D orifice · Oxidized graphene platelets · Lamellar architecture · Unrivaled permeation · Selectivity · Membrane separation processes · Water treatment * Hyung Gyu Park [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
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JMST Advances (2020) 2:77–88
1 Introduction
3 Membrane permeation theory
The rise of atomically thin graphene is allowing a new study of the material and exploration of new device designs of membrane technology. Because of the two-dimensional (2D) nature of the sp2-hybridized hexagonal carbon crystal [1], graphene exhibits outstanding material strength, such as incomparable stiffness and high fracture strength [2], leading to widespan studies from solid-state physics to fluid mechanics, mass transfer and membrane technology. In particular, the ultra thinness of the material represents its potential in separation technology. Also, a layer-by-layer stacking design of graphene and graphene oxide finds its use in selectivity control.
In view of membrane technology, the molecular impermeability lends atomically thin graphene conceptual eligib
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