1. Understanding of water desalination in two-dimensional porous membrane via molecular dynamics.
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Liu, Jiaxiang, Liu, Xiaohui, Tao, Wenquan, Li, Zhuo, and Xu, Hui
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SALINE water conversion , *MOLECULAR dynamics , *WATER use , *COMPOSITE membranes (Chemistry) , *POROUS materials , *SUSTAINABLE development , *PERMEABILITY - Abstract
• Water desalination performances of COFs membranes were studied by molecular dynamics. • Water permeation of CTF-FUM and TPMA monolayer membranes are 3 orders of magnitude higher than TFC. • CTF-FUM and TPMA membranes could exhibit nearly 100% salt rejection. • Membrane thickness should be considered for designing 2D hydrophobic COF membranes. To explore energy-efficient two-dimensional porous materials for water desalination is an urgent demand for rational utilization of water and sustainable development. In addition, how the pore hydrophilicity influencing the desalination performance remains elusive. Basing on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we herein proposed ultrathin membranes of 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with triazine units that are competent to reject ions efficiently while giving access to high water permeability. The ordered porous structure of these two COFs membranes (CTF-FUM and TPMA) enable nearly 100% salt rejection and show remarkable higher water permeation (∼57.2 and ∼ 48.1 L cm−2 day−1 MPa−1, respectively) over 3 magnitude compared to commercial TFC membranes (∼0.03 L cm−2 day−1 MPa−1). As a further step, the influence of layer number on membrane desalination performance was discussed to understand the underlying mechanisms. Compared to TPMA multilayer, it was found that CTF-FUM multilayer with hydrophobic pore shows less water permeability and higher transport resistance, and even has no obvious water transport through the 8-layer membrane. This MD simulation work gives a microscopic insight into 2D COF membranes on desalination and suggests that TPMA multilayer might be a promising membrane material for desalination applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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