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arXiv 2006.01928cond-mat.softcond-mat.mtrl-sciphysics.chem-ph
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水辅助质子在受限纳米通道中的传输

Water Assisted Proton Transport in Confined Nanochannels

Xinyou Ma, Chenghan Li, Alex B. F. Martinson, Gregory A. Voth

摘要:

在疏水限制下的水合过量质子是纳米多孔材料和生物分子系统中电荷传输行为和反应性的关键组分。本文通过改变圆柱形碳纳米管(CNT)纳米孔的直径(d = 0.81、0.95、1.09、1.22、1.36、1.63和1.90 nm)、长度(1 ~3和~5 nm)、曲率和手性,计算研究了亚2 nm疏水纳米孔的过量质子限制效应。还探索了具有不同直径段的组合的CNT。限制下的水分子的空间分布是直径相关的,然而,质子溶剂化和运输被一致地发现发生在邻近孔壁的水层中,显示出水合过量质子水合氢离子样结构的“两亲性”特征。质子传输自由能垒也随着纳米孔直径的增加而显著降低,并且质子传输在d > lnm的纳米孔中变得几乎无垒。在所研究的纳米孔中,Zundel阳离子(${H_{5}O_{2}}^{+}$)仅在d = 0.95 nm CNT(7,7)纳米孔中填充。CNT(7,7)纳米孔内水合过量质子和$K^{+}$的存在分别诱导水密度增加40%和20%。通过CNT纳米孔的$K^{+}$传输的自由能垒也始终高于质子传输。有趣的是,过量质子电荷缺陷分布的演变揭示了d = 0.81 nm CNT(6,6)纳米孔(或段)中的“冻结”单水线构型,水合的过量质子只能通过Grotthuss机制穿梭通过该构型。车辆扩散成为相关的质子运输在“平”的自由能区和更宽的纳米孔,其中质子不主要穿梭在轴向方向。

英文摘要:

Hydrated excess protons under hydrophobic confinement are a critical component of charge transport behavior and reactivity in nanoporous materials and biomolecular systems. Herein excess proton confinement effects are computationally investigated for sub-2 nm hydrophobic nanopores by varying the diameters (d = 0.81, 0.95, 1.09, 1.22, 1.36, 1.63, and 1.90 nm), lengths (l ~3 and ~5 nm), curvature, and chirality of cylindrical carbon nanotube (CNT) nanopores. CNTs with a combination of different diameter segments are also explored. The spatial distribution of water molecules under confinement are diameter-dependent; however, proton solvation and transport is consistently found to occur in the water layer adjacent to the pore wall, showing an "amphiphilic" character of the hydrated excess proton hydronium-like structure. The proton transport free energy barrier also decreases significantly as the nanopore diameter increases and proton transport becomes almost barrierless in the d > 1 nm nanopores. Among the nanopores studied, the Zundel cation (${H_{5}O_{2}}^{+}$) is populated only in the d = 0.95 nm CNT (7,7) nanopore. The presence of the hydrated excess proton and $K^{+}$ inside the CNT (7,7) nanopore induces a water density increase by 40 and 20%, respectively. The $K^{+}$ transport through CNT nanopores is also consistently higher in free energy barrier than proton transport. Interestingly, the evolution of excess protonic charge defect distribution reveals a "frozen" single water wire configuration in the d = 0.81 nm CNT (6,6) nanopore (or segment), through which hydrated excess protons can only shuttle via the Grotthuss mechanism. Vehicular diffusion becomes relevant to proton transport in the "flat" free energy regions and in the wider nanopores, where protons do not primarily shuttle in the axial direction.

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