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Gas permeation through graphdiyne-based nanoporous membranes

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31779-2

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21972121, 21790053, 22071251, 21970050, 21875258]
  2. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFA0705400, 2018YFA0703501]
  3. FWO-VI [G099219N]
  4. BAGEP Award of the Science Academy
  5. Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Energy Materials of China
  6. European Union [892595 -QCNGas]
  7. Sevinc-Erdal Inonu Foundation

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This study investigates nanoporous membranes made from multilayer graphdiyne and finds that they exhibit fast permeation of light gases while suppressing the flow of heavy gases. This phenomenon can be explained by the presence of straight-through holes, where heavy atoms adsorb on the walls, partially blocking the nanoscale permeation.
Nanoporous membranes based on two dimensional materials are predicted to provide highly selective gas transport in combination with extreme permeance. Here we investigate membranes made from multilayer graphdiyne, a graphene-like crystal with a larger unit cell. Despite being nearly a hundred of nanometers thick, the membranes allow fast, Knudsen-type permeation of light gases such as helium and hydrogen whereas heavy noble gases like xenon exhibit strongly suppressed flows. Using isotope and cryogenic temperature measurements, the seemingly conflicting characteristics are explained by a high density of straight-through holes (direct porosity of similar to 0.1%), in which heavy atoms are adsorbed on the walls, partially blocking Knudsen flows. Our work offers important insights into intricate transport mechanisms playing a role at nanoscale.

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