1. Enhanced sieving from exfoliated MoS2 membranes via covalent functionalization
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Eddy Petit, Damien Voiry, Cristina Coelho Diogo, Lucie Ries, Philippe Miele, Mikhael Bechelany, Sebastien Balme, Nicolas Onofrio, Chrystelle Salameh, Christel Gervais, Thierry Michel, Institut Européen des membranes (IEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des matériaux de Paris-Centre (IMPC), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Spectroscopie, Modélisation, Interfaces pour L'Environnement et la Santé (LCMCP-SMiLES), Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Hong Kong, Peoples R China, and French Région Ile de France – SESAME
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Materials science ,NANOFILTRATION ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,REACTIVE FORCE-FIELD ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,PERMEATION ,law ,WATER ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,General Materials Science ,REAXFF ,Molybdenum disulfide ,STABILITY ,Graphene ,Mechanical Engineering ,IONIC TRANSPORT ,General Chemistry ,Permeation ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Membrane ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Covalent bond ,SIMULATION ,SEPARATION ,GRAPHENE OXIDE ,Nanofiltration ,0210 nano-technology ,Selectivity ,Methyl group - Abstract
International audience; Nanolaminate membranes made of two-dimensional materials such as graphene oxide are promising candidates for molecular sieving via size-limited diffusion in the two-dimensional capillaries, but high hydrophilicity makes these membranes unstable in water. Here, we report a nanolaminate membrane based on covalently functionalized molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets. The functionalized MoS2 membranes demonstrate >90% and similar to 87% rejection for micropollutants and NaCl, respectively, when operating under reverse osmotic conditions. The sieving performance and water flux of the functionalized MoS2 membranes are attributed both to control of the capillary widths of the nanolaminates and to control of the surface chemistry of the nanosheets. We identify small hydrophobic functional groups, such as the methyl group, as the most promising for water purification. Methyl- functionalized nanosheets show high water permeation rates as confirmed by our molecular dynamic simulations, while maintaining high NaCl rejection. Control of the surface chemistry and the interlayer spacing therefore offers opportunities to tune the selectivity of the membranes while enhancing their stability
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- 2019
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