• 文献标题:   Printing ultrathin graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes for water purification
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FATHIZADEH M, TIEN HN, KHIVANTSEV K, CHEN JT, YU M
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Rensselaer Polytech Inst
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1039/c7ta06307e
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We demonstrated for the first time that inkjet printing can be a low-cost, easy, fast, and scalable method for depositing ultrathin (7.5-60 nm) uniform graphene oxide (GO) nanofiltration membranes on polymeric supports for highly effective water purification. A large area (15 x 15 cm(2)) GO nanofiltration membrane was printed successfully on a modified polyacrylonitrile (M-PAN) support. Water permeance and rejection of small organic molecules (<1 nm, charged and uncharged) of printed GO membranes can be adjusted by controlling the GO "ink" concentration and/or printing time. Compared with commercial polymeric nanofiltration membranes, printed GO membranes, after optimization, showed approximately one order of magnitude higher water permeance and much higher rejection (>95%) of small organic molecules. Printed GO membranes also showed excellent performance in removing pharmaceutical contaminants, with similar to 95% rejection and <10% water permeance decline over extended-period permeation testing. We believe that inkjet printing could be an effective method for preparing ultrathin GO membranes for effective water nanofiltration purification.