Article High proton conductivity through angstrom-porous titania

Yu Ji (Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau) ; Guang-Ping Hao (Dalian University of Technology) ; Yong-Tao Tan (The university of Manchester) ; Wenqi Xiong (Wuhan University) ; Yu Liu (Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau) ; Wenzhe Zhou (Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau) ; Dai-Ming Tang (Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)/Nanomaterials Field/Functional Nanomaterials Group, National Institute for Materials Science) ; Renzhi Ma SAMURAI ORCID (Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)/Nanomaterials Field/Functional Nanomaterials Group, National Institute for Materials ScienceROR) ; Shengjun Yuan (Wuhan University) ; Takayoshi Sasaki SAMURAI ORCID (Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)/Nanomaterials Field/Soft Chemistry Group, National Institute for Materials ScienceROR) ; Marcelo Lozada-Hidalgo (The university of Manchester) ; Andre K. Geim (The university of Manchester) ; Pengzhan Sun (Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau)

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Yu Ji, Guang-Ping Hao, Yong-Tao Tan, Wenqi Xiong, Yu Liu, Wenzhe Zhou, Dai-Ming Tang, Renzhi Ma, Shengjun Yuan, Takayoshi Sasaki, Marcelo Lozada-Hidalgo, Andre K. Geim, Pengzhan Sun. High proton conductivity through angstrom-porous titania. Nature Communications. 2024, 15 (), 10546.
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Two dimensional (2D) crystals have attracted strong interest as a new class of proton conducting materials that can block atoms, molecules and ions while allowing proton transport through the atomically thin basal planes. Although 2D materials exhibit this perfect selectivity, the reported proton conductivities have been relatively low. Here we show that vacancy-rich titania monolayers are highly permeable to protons while remaining impermeable to helium with proton conductivity exceeding 100 S cm-2 at 200 oC and surpassing targets set by industry roadmaps. The fast and selective proton transport is attributed to an extremely high density of titanium-atom vacancies (one per square nm), which effectively turns titania monolayers into angstrom-scale sieves. Our findings highlight the potential of 2D oxides as membrane materials for hydrogen-based technologies.

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Keyword: Nanosheets, Proton transport, Ion conductivity

Date published: 2024-12-04

Publisher: Springer Nature

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  • Nature Communications (ISSN: 20411723) vol. 15 p. 1-8 10546

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  • Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR 0063/2023/RIA1
  • Natural Science Foundation of China 52322319
  • UM research grant SRG2022-00053- IAPME
  • UM and UMDF research grant MYRG-GRG2023-00014-IAPMEUMDF
  • European Research Council VANDER
  • Lloyd’s Register Foundation Designer Nanomaterials
  • Royal Society URF\R1\201515
  • andDirected Research Projects Program of the Research and Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials at Khalifa University RIC2D-D001

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First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54544-z

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