Graphene oxide membranes on ceramic hollow fibers - Microstructural stability and nanofiltration performance
Graphene oxide membranes on ceramic hollow fibers - Microstructural stability and nanofiltration performance
Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have demonstrated great potential in liquid filtration. With the aim of real applications, GO membranes in a hollow fiber shape are of particular interest because of the high-efficiency and easy-assembly features at the module level. We report here that GO membranes on ceramic hollow fiber substrates are unstable at the dry state, mainly due to the drying-related shrinkage. And we demonstrate that these GO hollow fiber membranes can be stabilized by keeping them wet after initial controlled formation of the membranes. The GO hollow fiber membranes show higher permeation fluxes of acetone and methanol than most commercial membranes, and reject molecules larger than 300. Da, showing a great potential in the use of value-added organic solvent nanofiltration processes.
Graphene oxide, Hollow fiber, Membrane, Nanofiltration, Stability
87-94
Aba, Nor Farah Diana
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Chong, Jeng Yi
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Wang, Bo
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Mattevi, Cecilia
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Li, K.
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5 June 2015
Aba, Nor Farah Diana
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Chong, Jeng Yi
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Wang, Bo
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Mattevi, Cecilia
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Li, K.
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Aba, Nor Farah Diana, Chong, Jeng Yi, Wang, Bo, Mattevi, Cecilia and Li, K.
(2015)
Graphene oxide membranes on ceramic hollow fibers - Microstructural stability and nanofiltration performance.
Journal of Membrane Science, 484, .
(doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.001).
Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have demonstrated great potential in liquid filtration. With the aim of real applications, GO membranes in a hollow fiber shape are of particular interest because of the high-efficiency and easy-assembly features at the module level. We report here that GO membranes on ceramic hollow fiber substrates are unstable at the dry state, mainly due to the drying-related shrinkage. And we demonstrate that these GO hollow fiber membranes can be stabilized by keeping them wet after initial controlled formation of the membranes. The GO hollow fiber membranes show higher permeation fluxes of acetone and methanol than most commercial membranes, and reject molecules larger than 300. Da, showing a great potential in the use of value-added organic solvent nanofiltration processes.
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Published date: 5 June 2015
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We thank the support from EPSRC ( EP/K01658X/1 ), N.D. Aba thanks the support from the Public Service Department of Malaysia , B. Wang thanks the Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (Grant No. 627591 ). C.M. acknowledges the award of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship by the UK Royal Society and the EPSRC Grant EP/K016792/1.
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Keywords:
Graphene oxide, Hollow fiber, Membrane, Nanofiltration, Stability
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486369
ISSN: 0376-7388
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