Engineering hierarchical nanochannels in graphene oxide membranes by etching and polydopamine intercalation for highly efficient dye recovery

Chen, Xiaoyi; Deng, Erda; Lin, Xiaoci; Manoj Tandel, Ameya; Rub, Darius; Zhu, Lingxiang; Huang, Liang; Lin, Haiqing

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.133593

Title: Engineering hierarchical nanochannels in graphene oxide membranes by etching and polydopamine intercalation for highly efficient dye recovery

Journal Article · 13 February 2022 · Chemical Engineering Journal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.133593 · OSTI ID:1865823

Chen, Xiaoyi ^[1]; Deng, Erda ^[2]; Lin, Xiaoci ^[2]; Manoj Tandel, Ameya ^[2]; Rub, Darius ^[2]; Zhu, Lingxiang ^[3]; Huang, Liang ^[2]; Lin, Haiqing ^[2]

State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, NY (United States); University at Buffalo
State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, NY (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States); National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Leidos Research Support Team

Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have been extensively investigated for dye removal from wastewater, and they are often reduced or cross-linked to improve their stability, which, however, decreases water permeance. This study demonstrates an effective approach to enhance both durability and water permeance and retain dye rejection by synergistically integrating chemical etching using H₂O₂ and intercalation with polydopamine (PDA) to create hierarchical nanochannels. The nanopores on the holey GO (HGO) shorten the diffusion path, while the PDA intercalation increases the channel sizes and stabilizes the GO nanosheets. Optimized membranes exhibit water permeance of 70–120 LMH/bar (much higher than state-of-the-art commercial polyamide membranes) and a Congo Red rejection of 98.5%, better than GO membranes reported in the literature. Moreover, a membrane with water permeance of 70 LMH/bar exhibits stable performance in a 3-day continuous crossflow filtration test. The versatile approach reported here may be applied to other two-dimensional materials to create hierarchical nanochannels for desired separations.

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Research Organization:: Helios-NRG, LLC, East Amherst, NY (United States); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States); State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89243318CFE000003; EE0009500; FE0031710

OSTI ID:: 1865823

Journal Information:: Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Journal Vol. 433; ISSN 1385-8947

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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