• 文献标题:   Reduced graphene oxide-metal nanoparticle composite membranes for environmental separation and chloro-organic remediation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AHER A, THOMPSON S, NICKERSON T, ORMSBEE L, BHATTACHARYYA D
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Kentucky
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1039/c9ra08178j
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

This study explores the integration of separation performance of rGO membrane with heterogeneous oxidation reactions for remediation of organic contaminants from water. Herein, an approach was introduced based on layer-by-layer assembly for functionalizing rGO membranes with polyacrylic acid and then by in situ synthesis of Fe based reactive nanoparticles. TEM characterization of the cross-section lamella of the membranes showed a high density of nanoparticles (12% Fe) in the functionalized domain, signifying the importance of polyacrylic acid for in situ synthesis of nanoparticles. The membranes exhibited a pure water permeability of 1.9 LMH bar(-1). The membranes had low to moderate salt retention, and more than 90% neutral red retention (organic probe molecule, size: 1.2 nm). The membranes also exhibited high retention of humic acids (80%), preventing these organics from entering the reactive domain, and thus potentially reducing the formation of undesired by-products. A persulfate mediated oxidative pathway was employed to demonstrate the reactive removal of organic contaminants. The membranes achieved >95% conversion by convectively passing 2 mM persulfate feed at a transmembrane pressure of 0.4 bar. Successful degradation of TCE (up to 61%) was achieved in a single pass by convective flowing of the feed solution through the membrane, generating up to 80% of the theoretical maximum chloride as one of the byproducts. Elevated temperatures significantly enhanced persulfate mediated TCE oxidation extent from 24% at 23 degrees C to 54% at 40 degrees C under batch operating conditions.