Effects of anion concentration on ion-transport pressure in nanopores

Taewan KIM, Weiyi LU, Aijie HAN, Venkata K. PUNYAMURTULA, Xi CHEN, Yu QIAO*

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Abstract

In an experiment on pressure-driven ion transport in nanopores of a zeolite, the anion concentration is varied in a broad range. As the anion concentration is relatively low, its influence on the ion transport pressure, which reflects the system free energy variation rate, is negligible. When the anion concentration is relatively high, it has a pronounced effect on the ion transport pressure, which should be attributed to the unique surface ion structure in the confining nanoenvironment. The testing data also indicate that the effective interfacial tension is highly dependent on the anion size. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Article number13105
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume94
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jan 2009
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

This study was supported by The National Science Foundation and The Sandia National Laboratory under Grant No. CMS-0623973.

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