Versatile electrification of two-dimensional nanomaterials in water

The origins of the different charging processes observed in graphene and boron-nitride nanofluidics are still under debate. Here, using ab-initio molecular dynamics, the authors show that hydroxide species in water exhibits physisorption on graphene but strong chemisorption on boron-nitride.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benoît Grosjean, Marie-Laure Bocquet, Rodolphe Vuilleumier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09708-7