• 文献标题:   Fluffy-like amphiphilic graphene oxide (f-GO) and its effects on improving the antifouling of PAN-based composite membranes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG WX, ZHANG YQ, WANG YZ, TIAN SW, HAN N, LI W, WANG W, LIU HW, YAN XH, ZHANG XX
  • 作者关键词:   fluffylike amphiphilic graphene oxide, poly acrylonitrilemethyl acrylate, composite membrane, antifouling, ultrafiltration
  • 出版物名称:   DESALINATION
  • ISSN:   0011-9164 EI 1873-4464
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  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.desal.2022.115575 EA JAN 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Membrane fouling remains a significant restriction for the long-time operation. In this paper, fluffy-like amphiphilic graphene oxide (f-GO) was prepared by simple grafting silane coupling agent (KH-570) onto the graphene oxide matrix, and thus featured with good dispersion behavior in organic solution. The f-GO was further incorporated into the PAN-based (poly(acrylonitrile-methyl acrylate), P(AN-MA)) copolymer during the phase inversion process. Compared with the P(AN-MA) membrane, the resistance of the f-GO/P(AN-MA) composite membrane reduced from 4.49 x 10(-12) m(-1) to 1.78 x 10(-12) m(-1). The pure water flux increased from 200 to 326 L/m(2)h, while the water contact angle declined from 92.8 degrees to 68.3 degrees. It is worthy to note that the fouling mode changed from irreversible fouling to reversible fouling, with the total fouling rate showing a half decay. The fouling recovery rate reached 98.16% and the BSA rejection rate increased from 70.59% to 99.33% as 0.5 wt % f-GO was incorporated. The f-GO is easily scaled up and can be widely applied in other polymer matrices, showing potential application prospects in the membrane separation and purification area. The f-GO/P(AN-MA) composite membranes with excellent water flux, BSA rejection and FRR, are candidates for further employment in wastewater purification applications.