Infiltration pressure of a nanoporous liquid spring modified by an electrolyte

Abstract

In a hydrophobic zeolite, the infiltration and defiltration of water can be controlled by adjusting external pressure, and therefore the system behaves as a “liquid spring.” Since the hysteresis of sorption isotherm is negligible and the working pressure is thermally controllable, volume memory devices can be developed based on this phenomenon. With the addition of sodium chloride, both infiltration and defiltration pressures increase, which should be attributed to the cation exchange. The temperature sensitivity of the system increases with the electrolyte concentration, beneficial to improving the output energy density.