• 文献标题:   Free-standing reduced graphene oxide (rGO) membrane for salt-rejecting solar desalination via size effect
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHUANG PY, FU HY, XU N, LI B, XU J, ZHOU L
  • 作者关键词:   interfacial solar evaporation, rgo membrane, salt rejection
  • 出版物名称:   NANOPHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2192-8606 EI 2192-8614
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1515/nanoph-2020-0396
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Interfacial solar vapor generation has revived the solar-thermal-based desalination due to its high conversion efficiency of solar energy. However, most solar evaporators reported so far suffer from severe salt-clogging problems during solar desalination, leading to performance degradation and structural instability. Here, we demonstrate a free-standing salt-rejecting reduced graphene oxide (rGO) membrane serving as an efficient, stable, and antisalt-fouling solar evaporator. The evaporation rate of the membrane reaches up to 1.27 kg m(-2) h(-1) (solar-thermal conversion efficiency similar to 79%) under one sun, out of 3.5 wt% brine. More strikingly, due to the tailored narrow interlayer spacing, the rGO membrane can effectively reject ions, preventing salt accumulation even for high salinity brine (similar to 8 wt% concentration). With enabled saltantifouling capability, flexibility, as well as stability, our rGO membrane serves as a promising solar evaporator for high salinity brine treatment.