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Enhanced photo-driven ion pump through silver nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide membranes

Show Author's Information Yaping Feng1,2,§,  Haoyu Dai1,§,  Yi Zhang3,  Jianjun Chen1,  Fengxiang Chen4,  Lei Jiang1( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology Engineering Research Center of Beijing Beijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 China
Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 China

§ Yaping Feng and Haoyu Dai contributed equally to this work.

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silver nanoparticles, photocurrent, nanofluidics, ion pump
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Feng Y, Dai H, Zhang Y, et al. Enhanced photo-driven ion pump through silver nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide membranes. Nano Research, 2022, 15(1): 612-616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3527-4
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Biology systems harvest solar energy to regulate ions and molecules precisely across cell membrane that is essential to maintain their life sustainability. Recently, artificial light-driven directional ion transport through graphene oxide membranes has been established, where the membrane converts light power into a transmembrane motive force. Herein, we report a silver nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide membranes for enhanced photo-driven ionic transport. Asymmetric light stimulated charge carrier dynamics, such as advanced light absorption efficiency, extended lifetime and efficient separation of photo-excited charge carriers, are account for the ion-driven force enhancement. Based on metal nanoparticles decoration, the concept of the guest-interactions of plasmon-enhanced photo-driven ion transport in two-dimentional layered membranes will stimulate broad researches in sensing, energy storage and conversion and water treatment.


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Enhanced photo-driven ion pump through silver nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide membranes

Show Author's information Yaping Feng1,2,§, Haoyu Dai1,§, Yi Zhang3, Jianjun Chen1, Fengxiang Chen4, Lei Jiang1( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology Engineering Research Center of Beijing Beijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 China
Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 China

§ Yaping Feng and Haoyu Dai contributed equally to this work.

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Biology systems harvest solar energy to regulate ions and molecules precisely across cell membrane that is essential to maintain their life sustainability. Recently, artificial light-driven directional ion transport through graphene oxide membranes has been established, where the membrane converts light power into a transmembrane motive force. Herein, we report a silver nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide membranes for enhanced photo-driven ionic transport. Asymmetric light stimulated charge carrier dynamics, such as advanced light absorption efficiency, extended lifetime and efficient separation of photo-excited charge carriers, are account for the ion-driven force enhancement. Based on metal nanoparticles decoration, the concept of the guest-interactions of plasmon-enhanced photo-driven ion transport in two-dimentional layered membranes will stimulate broad researches in sensing, energy storage and conversion and water treatment.

Keywords: silver nanoparticles, photocurrent, nanofluidics, ion pump

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Received: 31 March 2021
Revised: 12 April 2021
Accepted: 15 April 2021
Published: 29 May 2021
Issue date: January 2022

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This work was financially funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51603211) and the 111 Project (No. B14009).

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