• 文献标题:   A Facile and Scalable Method of Fabrication of Large-Area Ultrathin Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membrane
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU ZY, MA Z, QIAN BT, CHAN AYH, WANG XW, LIU Y, XIN JH
  • 作者关键词:   largearea fabrication, graphene oxide membrane, rodcoating, uv reduction, nanofiltration membrane
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
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  • 被引频次:   30
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.1c06155 EA SEP 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

With their ultrafast water transport and excellent molecule sieving properties, graphene oxide (GO)-based membranes show great potential in the membrane filtration field for water purification and molecular separation. However, the inability of uniform GO membranes to be produced on an industrial scale and their nonenvironmentally friendly reduction treatment are the bottle-neck preventing their industrial applications. Herein, we report a scalable ultrathin uniform GO membrane fabrication technique. Ultrathin GO membranes with a large area of 30 x 80 cm(2) and a thickness of a few nanometers were uniformly and facilely fabricated using a continuous process combining Mayer rod-coating and a short-time, high-power UV reduction. The interlayer spacing of the GO membrane could be effectively reduced and regulated to improve the salt rejection rate. The fabricated membrane showed superior water permeability of over 60.0 kg m(-2) h(-1) and a high separation efficiency of over 96.0% for a sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) solution. It also exhibited excellent mechanical stability under various harsh crossflow conditions. More importantly, the fabrication method developed here can be scaled up using a roll-to-roll industrial production process, which successfully solves the problem currently faced by GO membrane researchers and makes the industrial usage of GO membrane a reality.