Selective molecular transport through intrinsic defects in a single layer of CVD graphene

Sean C. O'Hern; Cameron A. Stewart; Michael S.H. Boutilier; Juan Carlos Idrobo; Sreekar Bhaviripudi; Sarit K. Das; Jing Kong; Tahar Laoui; Muataz Atieh; Rohit Karnik

doi:10.1021/nn303869m

Selective molecular transport through intrinsic defects in a single layer of CVD graphene

Sean C. O'Hern, Cameron A. Stewart, Michael S.H. Boutilier, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Sreekar Bhaviripudi, Sarit K. Das, Jing Kong, Tahar Laoui, Muataz Atieh, Rohit Karnik^*

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

We report graphene composite membranes with nominal areas more than 25 mm² fabricated by transfer of a single layer of CVD graphene onto a porous polycarbonate substrate. A combination of pressure-driven and diffusive transport measurements provides evidence of size-selective transport of molecules through the membrane, which is attributed to the low-frequency occurrence of intrinsic 1-15 nm diameter pores in the CVD graphene. Our results present the first step toward the realization of practical membranes that use graphene as the selective material.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10130-10138
Number of pages	9
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn303869m
State	Published - 27 Nov 2012

Keywords

filtration
graphene membranes
nanofiltration
nanofluidics

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General Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy

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