• 文献标题:   Solvent Transport Behavior of Shear Aligned Graphene Oxide Membranes and Implications in Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AKBARI A, MERAGAWI SE, MARTIN ST, CORRY B, SHAMSAEI E, EASTON CD, BHATTACHARYYA D, MAJUMDER M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, graphene oxide, membrane, solvent transport, organic solvent, nanofiltration
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Monash Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.7b11777
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Solvent transport in membranes composed of stacked sheets of graphene oxide (GO) with molecular scale channels and a complex arrangement of hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains is not well understood. Here, we observe that the interlayer space between GO sheets expands in different solvents without disturbing the membrane integrity and is typically larger in aqueous media compared to nonaqueous media. However, the membranes have a tighter molecule sieving feature in aqueous media as demonstrated by lower permeance and higher solute rejection arising from interfacial water layers "sticking" to charged polar groups. As a result of this polar interaction, the permeance of polar solvents in GO membrane scales inversely to the polarity of the solvent, which is contrary to other polymeric and ceramic hydrophilic membranes and also scales inversely to the viscosity of solvents as per continuum expectations. We highlight the extended solvent-handling space of GO membranes, such as in polar protic, polar aprotic, and nonpolar solvents, demonstrating versatility over a commercial nanofiltration membrane, and we predict exciting new applications in advanced separation engineering.