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Nitrogen-rich Graphdiyne Film for Efficiently Suppressing the Methanol Crossover in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

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The inhibition of the methanol crossover is one of the intractable challenges in the direct methanol fuel cell. The graphdiyne(GDY) with atomic-level pores shows great potential in realizing the zero-permeation of methanol molecules. In this paper, an ultrathin layer of nitrogen-rich GDY film with a high nitrogen content is largely prepared and readily used for retarding the methanol permeation in the state-of-the-art commercial Nafion membrane. The high N-content in this porous GDY nanofilm remarkably increases the selective suppression in methanol transfer, and single-layer GDY film can efficiently prevent 43% methanol crossover and the value of the double-layer GDY film can be high up to 69%. The power performance and the long-term stability of the cell are obviously improved due to the reduced methanol crossover.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51802311, U1932211, 21790050, 21790051), the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2018YFA0703501), the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.QYZDY-SSW-SLH015), and the Foundation of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2019032).

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences(BNLMS), CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China

    Liang Li, Zicheng Zuo, Feng He & Yuliang Li

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China

    Liang Li & Yuliang Li

  3. Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, P. R. China

    Zhongqing Jiang

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Li, L., Zuo, Z., He, F. et al. Nitrogen-rich Graphdiyne Film for Efficiently Suppressing the Methanol Crossover in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 37, 1275–1282 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-021-1345-6

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