Issue 57, 2016

Heptazine-based graphitic carbon nitride as an effective hydrogen purification membrane

Abstract

The purification of H2 from other gases (CH4, CO, CO2, N2, and H2O) is a vital step for its safe usage. By using first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, we find that the porous graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) monolayer works as an efficient and highly selective hydrogen purification membrane. In the DFT calculations, the transition state theory is used to search the lowest diffusion barrier (0.55 eV) for H2 to go through the well-ordered intrinsic holes. Meanwhile, the excellent selectivity between H2 and other gases shows that the g-C3N4 nanosheet is specific for diffusion of H2. The MD simulations exhibit the whole dynamic purification process and confirm our previous DFT results. Our results indicate that the g-C3N4 nanosheet has great potential in separating H2 from undesirable gases.

Graphical abstract: Heptazine-based graphitic carbon nitride as an effective hydrogen purification membrane

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Mar 2016
Accepted
21 May 2016
First published
25 May 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 52377-52383

Heptazine-based graphitic carbon nitride as an effective hydrogen purification membrane

Y. Ji, H. Dong, H. Lin, L. Zhang, T. Hou and Y. Li, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 52377 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA06425F

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