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Adsorption of Water on Two-Dimensional Crystals: Water/Graphene and Water/Silicatene
- Source :
- Inorganics, Vol 4, Iss 2, p 10 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2016.
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Abstract
- The adsorption of water on solid surfaces is a scientific evergreen which again recently prompted considerable attention in the materials, nano-, and surface science communities, respectively, due to conflicting evidence presented in the most highly regarded scientific journals. This mini review is a brief and personal perspective of the current literature (and our own data) about water adsorption for two examples, namely graphene and silicatene, which are both two-dimensional (2D) crystals. Silicatene, an inorganic companion of graphene, is intriguing as it presents us with the possibility to synthesize a 2D analog to zeolites by doping this crystalline silicon film. The wettability by water and whether or not support effects of epitaxial 2D crystals are present is of concern. Regarding applications: some 2D crystals appear promising for the hydrogen evolution reaction, i.e., hydrogen generation from water; a functionalization of graphene (by oxygen/water) to graphene oxide may be interesting for metal-free catalysis; the latest highlight in this field appears to be “icephobicity”, an application related to the hydrophobicity of surfaces.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
water
Oxide
hydrophilic
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
surfaces
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Inorganic Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Adsorption
law
Nano
silicatene
lcsh:Inorganic chemistry
hydrophobic
Crystalline silicon
Hydrogen production
wetting
Graphene
graphene
dynamics
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
lcsh:QD146-197
0104 chemical sciences
2D crystals
chemistry
kinetics
Surface modification
Icephobicity
0210 nano-technology
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- ISSN :
- 23046740
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Inorganics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....806ed88bceab5b7452e84cb8bd310364