Highly Hydrophobic Electrospun Reduced Graphene Oxide/Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) Membranes for Use in Membrane Distillation
| Autor: | Adel Soroush, Tiantian Chen, Md. Saifur Rahaman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Nanocomposite
Materials science Graphene General Chemical Engineering 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Microporous material 010501 environmental sciences 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Membrane distillation 01 natural sciences Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Electrospinning law.invention Contact angle chemistry.chemical_compound Membrane Chemical engineering chemistry law Hexafluoropropylene 0210 nano-technology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57:14535-14543 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5045 0888-5885 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03584 |
| Popis: | Membrane distillation has seen a growing amount of industrial interest due to its low operating pressure, minimal temperature requirements, and high salt rejection. This body of work involves the fabrication of a microporous nanocomposite membrane with enhanced hydrophobicity for use in a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process. Reduced graphene oxide/poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (rGO/PVDF-HFP) flatsheet membranes were prepared via a facile electrospinning technique. These fabricated membranes were characterized using techniques including SEM, XPS, AFM, a TGA test, liquid entry pressure (LEP), and the measurement of contact angle in order to investigate the effect that incorporating rGO has on membrane surface morphology and performance. Results demonstrated that a maximum water contact angle of 139° was achieved with an increased liquid entry pressure (LEP) of up to 103.42 kPa. Antifouling and antiwetting performance of fabricated membranes were investigated through a dire... |
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