Abstract
Using an tubular Al2O3 ultrafiltration membrane with an average pore diameter of 20 nm as the carrier, after modified by dopamine, a pressure-driven deposition method was used to successfully prepare a GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membrane that can be stable in aqueous solution for a long time. The thickness of GO layer can be controlled by changing the loading amount. The results showed that the pure water permeability of all GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes decreased and then reached a steady state during the cross-flow filtration. In addition, the pure water permeability of GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes decreased as the GO loading amount increased. The permeability and rejection of GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes remained stable when GO loading amount was greater than 90 mg/m2. As the storage time (in pure water) extended, the cross-linking of GO sheets caused by residual salt ions during tests led to a higher rejection of GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes towards monovalent and divalent salts. After being immersed in pure water for 680 h, the GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membrane with GO loading amount of 140 mg/m2 showed the highest Na2SO4 rejection of 91.0%. The rejections of GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes towards four salt solutions were as follows: R(Na2SO4) > R(MgSO4) > R(NaCl) > R(MgCl2).
Translated title of the contribution | Fabrication and stability of GO/Al2O3 composite nanofiltration membranes |
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Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
Pages (from-to) | 2795-2803 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Huagong Xuebao/CIESC Journal |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |