Journal
COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.colcom.2021.100397
Keywords
Exclusion zone; Proton; Infrared radiation; Charge separation; Hydrophilic surface
Funding
- SAGST Foundation [CSP12665]
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The investigation showed that infrared light irradiation can cause the expansion of the negatively charged exclusion zone (EZ) and positively charged proton zone (PZ) formed in the vicinity of Nafion, promoting the buildup of interfacial water and charge separation.
Hydrophilic materials such as Nafion can nucleate the buildup of interfacial water, which shows features different from bulk water. We investigated the effect of infrared (IR) light on a negatively charged, interfacial exclusion zone (EZ) and a positively charged proton zone (PZ) formed in the vicinity of Nafion. After irradiation for 5 min by mid-IR light, EZ size increased with an expansion ratio of 1.41. A significant expansion was also found in the size of PZ, equivalent to an increment of about 1.39 x 10(16) molecules of hydronium ions. Thus, IR radiation not only builds EZ, but at the same time drives release of protons from the growing EZ to bulk water. Near-IR illumination also showed expansion of EZ and PZ water. These results imply that incident IR light not only promotes the build-up of interfacial water at the hydrophilic surface, but also provides a driving force for charge separation.
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