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ArticleNature communications2025

Water-mediated ion transport in an anion exchange membrane.

Zhongyang Wang, Ge Sun, Nicholas H C Lewis, Mrinmay Mandal, Abhishek Sharma, Mincheol Kim, Joan M Montes de Oca, Kai Wang, Aaron Taggart, Alex B Martinson and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Zhongyang Wang *Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-5268
Ge Sun *Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Nicholas H C LewisDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-0199
Mrinmay MandalSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-9588
Abhishek SharmaPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7289-8572
Mincheol KimPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9125-7723
Joan M Montes de OcaPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-5287
Kai WangPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Aaron TaggartMaterials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.
Alex B MartinsonMaterials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-1672
Paul A KohlSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Andrei TokmakoffDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. tokmakoff@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-8744
Shrayesh N PatelPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. shrayesh@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3657-827X
Paul F NealeyPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. nealey@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-142X
Juan J de PabloPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. jjd8110@nyu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3526-516X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water is a critical component in polyelectrolyte anion exchange membranes (AEMs). It plays a central role in ion transport in electrochemical systems. Gaining a better understanding of molecular transport and conductivity in AEMs has been challenged by the lack of a general methodology capable of capturing and connecting water dynamics, water structure, and ionic transport over time and length scales ranging from those associated with individual bond vibrations and molecular reorientations to those pertaining to macroscopic AEM performance. In this work, we use two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and semiclassical simulations to examine how water molecules are arranged into successive solvation shells, and we explain how that structure influences the dynamics of bromide ion transport processes in polynorbornene-based materials. We find that the transition to the faster transport mechanism occurs when the reorientation of water molecules in the second solvation shell is fast, allowing a robust hydrogen bond network to form. Our findings provide molecular-level insights into AEMs with inherent transport of halide ions, and help pave the way towards a comprehensive understanding of hydroxide ion transport in AEMs.

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PMCPMC11775218

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