• 文献标题:   Multifunctional graphene oxide loaded nanofibrous membrane for removal of dyes and coliform from water
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUNDARAN SP, RESHMI CR, SAGITHA P, MANAF O, SUJITH A
  • 作者关键词:   polyurethane, graphene oxide, superhydrophilicity, antifouling, dye adsorption, langmuir model
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  • ISSN:   0301-4797 EI 1095-8630
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Technol Calicut
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.105
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this study, we fabricated a trifunctional polyurethane (PU)/graphene oxide (GO) electrospun membrane for adsorption of organic dyes such as methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RB). Moreover, the prepared membrane showed antifouling property and inhibition against bacteria. The GO modified PU nanofiber shows a maximum adsorption capacity of 109.88 mg/g and 77.15 mg/g towards MB and RB respectively. Theoretical studies confirmed that the dye adsorption is followed pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The superhydrophilic PU/10GO membrane exhibits high water flux of 17,706 lm(-2)hr(-1). This membrane also exhibits good antifouling property for separating oil-in-water emulsions with 99.99% separation efficiency. The Mechanism of antifouling was investigated using Hermia model. The results showed that PU/GO membranes also have antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterias. Thus a super hydrophilic nanofibrous antifouling membrane that can reject both organic dye molecule and bacteria from contaminated water is developed using simple electrospinning technique.