2D MoS2 PDMS Nanocomposites for NO2 Separation

Kyle J Berean; Jian Zhen Ou; Torben Daeneke; Benjamin J Carey; Emily P Nguyen; Yichao Wang; Salvy P Russo; Richard B Kaner; Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

doi:10.1002/smll.201501129

2D MoS2 PDMS Nanocomposites for NO2 Separation

Small. 2015 Oct;11(38):5035-40. doi: 10.1002/smll.201501129. Epub 2015 Jul 20.

Authors

Kyle J Berean¹, Jian Zhen Ou¹, Torben Daeneke¹, Benjamin J Carey¹, Emily P Nguyen¹, Yichao Wang¹, Salvy P Russo², Richard B Kaner³, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Australia.
² Theoretical Chemical and Quantum Physics, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Australia.
³ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.

PMID: 26192157
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201501129

Abstract

At a relatively low loading concentration (≈0.02 wt%) of 2D MoS 2 flakes in PDMS, the composite membrane is able to almost completely block the permeation of NO2 gas molecules at ppm levels. This major reduction is ascribed to the strong physisorption of NO2 gas molecules onto the 2D MoS2 flake basal planes.

Keywords: CO2; MoS2; NO2; PDMS; gas separation; membranes.