Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice

Abstract: Porous graphene has shown promise as a new generation of selective membrane for sieving atoms, ions and molecules. However, the atomistic mechanisms of permeation through defects in the graphenic lattice are still unclear and remain unobserved in action, at the atomic level. Here, the direct observation of palladium atoms from a nanoparticle passing through a defect in a single‐walled carbon nanotube one‐by‐one has been achieved with atomic resolution in real time, revealing key stages of the atomic permeation. Bonding between the moving atom and dangling bonds around the orifice, immediately before and after passing through the subnano‐pore, plays an important role in the process. Curvature of the graphenic lattice crucially defines the direction of permeation from concave to convex side due to a difference in metal‐carbon bonding at the curved surfaces as confirmed by density functional theory calculations, demonstrating the potential of porous carbon nanotubes for atom sieving.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice ; volume:59 ; number:51 ; year:2020 ; pages:22922-22927 ; extent:6
Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; 59, Heft 51 (2020), 22922-22927 (gesamt 6)

Urheber
Cao, Kecheng
Skowron, Stephen T.
Stoppiello, Craig T.
Biskupek, Johannes
Khlobystov, Andrei
Kaiser, Ute

DOI
10.1002/anie.202010630
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022061112224959020747
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