Significant enhancement of proton conductivity in solid acid at the monolayer limit

Zhangcai Zhang, Lixin Liang, Jianze Feng, Guangjin Hou and Wencai Ren ()
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Zhangcai Zhang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixin Liang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianze Feng: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangjin Hou: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wencai Ren: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Proton transport in nanofluidic channels is not only fundamentally important but also essential for energy applications. Although various strategies have been developed to improve the concentration of active protons in the nanochannels, it remains challenging to achieve a proton conductivity higher than that of Nafion, the benchmark for proton conductors. Here, taking H3Sb3P2O14 and HSbP2O8 as examples, we show that the interactions between protons and the layer frameworks in layered solid acid HnMnZ2O3n+5 are substantially reduced at the monolayer limit, which significantly increases the number of active protons and consequently improves the proton conductivities by ∼8 ‒ 66 times depending on the humidity. The membranes assembled by monolayer H3Sb3P2O14 and HSbP2O8 nanosheets exhibit in-plane proton conductivities of ~ 1.02 and 1.18 S cm−1 at 100% relative humidity and 90 °C, respectively, which are over 5 times higher than the conductivity of Nafion. This work provides a general strategy for facilitating proton transport, which will have broad implications in advancing both nanofluidic research and device applications from energy storage and conversion to neuromorphic computing.

Date: 2024
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