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Journal Article
Near-frictionless ion transport within triazine framework membranes
2023
Overview
The enhancement of separation processes and electrochemical technologies such as water electrolysers
1
,
2
, fuel cells
3
,
4
, redox flow batteries
5
,
6
and ion-capture electrodialysis
7
depends on the development of low-resistance and high-selectivity ion-transport membranes. The transport of ions through these membranes depends on the overall energy barriers imposed by the collective interplay of pore architecture and pore–analyte interaction
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,
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. However, it remains challenging to design efficient, scaleable and low-cost selective ion-transport membranes that provide ion channels for low-energy-barrier transport. Here we pursue a strategy that allows the diffusion limit of ions in water to be approached for large-area, free-standing, synthetic membranes using covalently bonded polymer frameworks with rigidity-confined ion channels. The near-frictionless ion flow is synergistically fulfilled by robust micropore confinement and multi-interaction between ion and membrane, which afford, for instance, a Na
+
diffusion coefficient of 1.18 × 10
−9
m
2
s
–1
, close to the value in pure water at infinite dilution, and an area-specific membrane resistance as low as 0.17 Ω cm
2
. We demonstrate highly efficient membranes in rapidly charging aqueous organic redox flow batteries that deliver both high energy efficiency and high-capacity utilization at extremely high current densities (up to 500 mA cm
–2
), and also that avoid crossover-induced capacity decay. This membrane design concept may be broadly applicable to membranes for a wide range of electrochemical devices and for precise molecular separation.
The authors develop a strategy that allows the diffusion limit of ions in water to be approached for large-area, free-standing, synthetic membranes using covalently bonded polymer frameworks with rigidity-confined ion channels.
