On the complex structural diffusion of proton holes in nanoconfined alkaline solutions within slit pores

Daniel Muñoz-Santiburcio () and Dominik Marx
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Daniel Muñoz-Santiburcio: Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Dominik Marx: Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The hydroxide anion OH−(aq) in homogeneous bulk water, that is, the solvated proton hole, is known to feature peculiar properties compared with excess protons solvated therein. In this work, it is disclosed that nanoconfinement of such alkaline aqueous solutions strongly affects the key structural and dynamical properties of OH−(aq) compared with the bulk limit. The combined effect of the preferred hypercoordinated solvation pattern of OH−(aq), its preferred perpendicular orientation relative to the confining surfaces, the pronounced layering of nanoconfined water and the topology of the hydrogen bond network required for proton hole transfer lead to major changes of the charge transport mechanism, in such a way that the proton hole migration mechanism depends exquisitely on the width of the confined space that hosts the water film. Moreover, the anionic Zundel complex, which is of transient nature in homogeneous bulk solutions, can be dynamically trapped as a shallow intermediate species by suitable nanoconfinement conditions.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12625

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