Water Transport Through Nanoporous Materials: Porous Silicon and Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Cameron Shearer; Leonora Velleman; Fernando Acosta; Amanda Ellis; Nicolas Voelcker; Davide Mattia; Joseph Shapter

doi:10.1109/ICONN.2010.6045248

Water Transport Through Nanoporous Materials: Porous Silicon and Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Cameron Shearer, Leonora Velleman, Fernando Acosta, Amanda Ellis, Nicolas Voelcker, Davide Mattia, Joseph Shapter

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Abstract

We report upon the pressure driven water transport through porous silicon (pSi) and single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) membranes. Fabrication of the membranes was monitored by AFM and SEM. Water permeability as high as 16926 mm³ cm² s¹ atm¹ is found for the pSi membrane. The SWCNT membrane is built upon the pSi membrane and a water permeability of 0.02 mm³ cm² s¹ atm¹ is achieved. Performance comparisons to similar CNT membranes are made and future improvements to the system are proposed.

Original language	English
Pages	196-199
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONN.2010.6045248
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2010
Event	2010 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010) - Duration: 22 Feb 2010 → …

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Conference	2010 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010)
Period	22/02/10 → …

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Carbon nanotube (CNT)
Carbon nanotube membrane
Nanoscale water transport
Porous silicon (pSi)

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