Tunable Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membrane for Effective Dye/Salt Separation and Desalination

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Xing, Chao
Han, Jing
Pei, Xin
Zhang, Yuting
He, Jing
Huang, Rong
Li, Suhong
Liu, Changyu
Lai, Chao
Shen, Lingdi
Nanjundan, Ashok Kumar
Zhang, Shanqing
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2021
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Effective dye separation and desalination are critical for the treatment of highly saline textile wastewater with dye mixtures. In this study, a graphene oxide (GO) membrane with a tunable interlayer distance (d) was fabricated to generate clean water via two-stage filtration, namely, the dye/salt separation and desalination stages. In the first stage, under low pressure (e.g., 0.3 MPa), the membrane with a d value of ca. 7.60 Å was suitable for removing the dye from the saline wastewater. The dye and salt (i.e., Na2SO4) rejection rates of >99% and <6.5% were achieved, respectively, indicating the significant potential to recycle the dyes from the highly saline dye wastewater. In the second stage, under a higher pressure (e.g., 0.8 MPa), the d value was reduced to ca. 7.15 Å, bestowing the membrane with a desalination function. The desalination rate of a single filtration process could reach up to 51.8% from 1.0 g/L saline (i.e., Na2SO4) water. The as-prepared membrane also exhibited excellent practical advantages, including ultrahigh permeability, significant antifouling (against dye) performance, and excellent stability. Furthermore, with the stacking of multistage filtration systems, the proposed membrane technology will be capable of regenerating dye and producing clean water.

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

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13

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46

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Chemical sciences

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desalination

dye separation

graphene oxide

interlayer distance

membrane

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Xing, C; Han, J; Pei, X; Zhang, Y; He, J; Huang, R; Li, S; Liu, C; Lai, C; Shen, L; Nanjundan, AK; Zhang, S, Tunable Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membrane for Effective Dye/Salt Separation and Desalination, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2021, 13 (46), pp. 55339-55348

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