• 文献标题:   Dehydration of C-2-C-4 alcohol/water mixtures via electrostatically enhanced graphene oxide laminar membranes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU S, ZHOU GY, GUAN KC, CHEN X, CHU ZY, LIU GP, JIN WQ
  • 作者关键词:   butanol, ethanol, graphene oxide membrane, isopropanol, pervaporation dehydration
  • 出版物名称:   AICHE JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   0001-1541 EI 1547-5905
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  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1002/aic.17170 EA JAN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The dehydration of alcohol/water mixtures using pervaporation membranes requires less energy than is required by conventional separation technologies. In this paper, we report electrostatically enhanced graphene oxide (GO) membranes for the highly efficient pervaporation dehydration of C-2-C-4 alcohol/water mixtures. Positively charged molecules were introduced as the interlayer of negatively charged GO layers via layer-by-layer assembly, thereby creating an electrostatic attraction that drives the assembly of GO nanosheets into ordered interlayer channels. The effects of the feed temperature, water concentration, and continuous operation on the membrane transport behavior were systematically investigated. In the dehydration of 90 wt% alcohol/water mixtures at 70 degrees C, the membrane exhibited ethanol/water, isopropanol/water, and n-butanol/water fluxes of 2.35, 2.98, and 4.69 kg/(m(2) hr), respectively, as well as separation factors for the same mixtures of 3,390, 5,790, and 4,680, respectively. This excellent alcohol/water dehydration performance outperforms those of state-of-the-art polymeric membranes and GO-based membranes.