Highly Selective Transport and Enrichment of Lithium Ions through Bionic Ion Pair Receptor Nanochannels

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 15; no. 27; pp. 32753 - 32761
• Main Authors: Li, Guang, Wang, Yue, Luan, Hanghang, Sun, Yue, Qu, Yanjuan, Lu, Zhiyan, Li, Haibing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 12.07.2023
• Subjects: Functional Nanostructured Materials (including low-D carbon); lithium ion; ion pair recognition; host−guest systems; pillararene-based receptors; bionic nanochannel

Inspired by ion pair cotransport channels in biological systems, a bionic nanochannel modified with lithium ion pair receptors is constructed for selective transport and enrichment of lithium ions (Li+). NH2-pillar­[5]­arene (NP5) is chosen as ion pair receptors, and the theoretical simulation and N...