• 文献标题:   Clean water production by non-noble metal/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite coated on wood: Scalable interfacial solar steam generation and heavy metal sorption
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MEHRKHAH R, GOHARSHADI EK, GHAFURIAN MM, MOHAMMADI M, MAHIAN O
  • 作者关键词:   rgo, feni nanocomposite, interfacial solar desalination, pb ii removal, clean water production
  • 出版物名称:   SOLAR ENERGY
  • ISSN:   0038-092X EI 1471-1257
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  • 被引频次:   52
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.solener.2021.06.004 EA JUN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Herein, a cost-effective, bifunctional, scalable, and highly efficient water-treatment material was prepared by coating iron/nickle (Fe/Ni)-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanocomposite on poplar wood which was used both as non-noble metal based photoabsorber in interfacial solar steam generation of seawater and as highly efficient heavy metal sorbent. The solar evaporation fluxes of 1.43 and 4.19 kg m- 2h-1 under 1 and 3 sun (1 sun = 1 kW m-2), respectively were achieved by the most efficient photoabsorber (RGO200/FeNi-wood). The evaporation efficiency of the photoabsorber did not change significantly even after 20 cycles. After desalination by RGO200/ FeNi-wood, a remarkable reduction in the salinity (4 order of magnitude), pH (8.1 to 6.2), and electrical conductivity (6000 to 2.25 mu S cm-1) was achieved. The cost per produced steam rate was calculated as 0.03 $ cm-3h under 3 sun which is comparable to the best double-layer devices reported in the literature. RGO200/FeNi-wood could act as a novel sorbent to remove Pb (II) completely from aqueous solutions.