Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene
Abstract Drinking water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions is a reality that may turn into a global healthcare problem in the next few years. The scientific community is always looking for new materials to achieve effective sea and brackish water desalination to reduce water scarcity. Commonly,...
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| author | J. Guerrero-Sanchez Dalia M. Muñoz-Pizza Ma Guadalupe Moreno-Armenta Noboru Takeuchi |
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| description | Abstract Drinking water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions is a reality that may turn into a global healthcare problem in the next few years. The scientific community is always looking for new materials to achieve effective sea and brackish water desalination to reduce water scarcity. Commonly, theoretical, and experimental methods make a synergy to better understand and explain the chemical and physical processes in water desalination electrodes. In this way, experimental evidence pointed Mo1.33CTx MXene as an efficient ion intercalation material, in which both Na+ and Cl− are removed. However, the atomic scale understanding of the physicochemical processes due to the Na and Cl interaction with the MXene is still unknown. We report the Na0 and Cl0 interaction with an OH functionalized Mo1.33C monolayer through a comprehensive first-principles density functional theory assessment. Results demonstrate that Na atoms attach to Oxygen, whereas Cl atoms bond through hydrogen bonds to the functional groups in the MXene, these bonds have two energy contributions: electrostatic and charge transfer, which increases its adsorption energy. Electrostatic potential isosurfaces, Bader charge analysis, and non-covalent interactions index help clarifying the way Na0 and Cl0 attach to the MXene layer. Oxygen atoms have an affinity for the electropositive Na0 atoms, which after interaction oxidizes to Na+, whereas hydrogen atoms—of the hydroxyl groups—interact with the electronegative Cl0 atoms, which upon adsorption reduce to Cl−. Our findings explain why OH-functionalized Mo1.33C can efficiently remove both Na and Cl atoms based on their affinities with the functional groups present in the MXene layer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2794d6822fd04734b6d57c6a101a0b302022-12-22T02:35:37ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-05-011211810.1038/s41598-022-12177-6Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXeneJ. Guerrero-Sanchez0Dalia M. Muñoz-Pizza1Ma Guadalupe Moreno-Armenta2Noboru Takeuchi3Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoDepartamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente, Colegio de la Frontera NorteCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoAbstract Drinking water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions is a reality that may turn into a global healthcare problem in the next few years. The scientific community is always looking for new materials to achieve effective sea and brackish water desalination to reduce water scarcity. Commonly, theoretical, and experimental methods make a synergy to better understand and explain the chemical and physical processes in water desalination electrodes. In this way, experimental evidence pointed Mo1.33CTx MXene as an efficient ion intercalation material, in which both Na+ and Cl− are removed. However, the atomic scale understanding of the physicochemical processes due to the Na and Cl interaction with the MXene is still unknown. We report the Na0 and Cl0 interaction with an OH functionalized Mo1.33C monolayer through a comprehensive first-principles density functional theory assessment. Results demonstrate that Na atoms attach to Oxygen, whereas Cl atoms bond through hydrogen bonds to the functional groups in the MXene, these bonds have two energy contributions: electrostatic and charge transfer, which increases its adsorption energy. Electrostatic potential isosurfaces, Bader charge analysis, and non-covalent interactions index help clarifying the way Na0 and Cl0 attach to the MXene layer. Oxygen atoms have an affinity for the electropositive Na0 atoms, which after interaction oxidizes to Na+, whereas hydrogen atoms—of the hydroxyl groups—interact with the electronegative Cl0 atoms, which upon adsorption reduce to Cl−. Our findings explain why OH-functionalized Mo1.33C can efficiently remove both Na and Cl atoms based on their affinities with the functional groups present in the MXene layer.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12177-6 |
| spellingShingle | J. Guerrero-Sanchez Dalia M. Muñoz-Pizza Ma Guadalupe Moreno-Armenta Noboru Takeuchi Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene Scientific Reports |
| title | Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene |
| title_full | Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene |
| title_fullStr | Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene |
| title_short | Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene |
| title_sort | atomic scale understanding of the na and cl trapping on the mo1 33c oh 2 mxene |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12177-6 |
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