Tuning Fabrication Factors for Reduced Graphene Oxide Forward Osmosis Membranes

Nde, Daniel; Appiah-Kubi, Michael; Watt, John; Watanabe, Fumiya; Zhao, Wei

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08114

Title: Tuning Fabrication Factors for Reduced Graphene Oxide Forward Osmosis Membranes

Journal Article · 14 March 2024 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08114 · OSTI ID:2472586

Nde, Daniel ^[1]; Appiah-Kubi, Michael ^[1];

^[2]; Watanabe, Fumiya ^[1];

^[1]

Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Forward osmosis (FO) may serve as a near-zero energy approach for wastewater management and selective chemical enrichment with an appropriate FO membrane. There is a need for novel FO membranes with better physical stability, chemical compatibility, and enhanced reverse flux selectivity. In this work, we have systematically studied a variety of factors for fabricating thermally reduced graphene oxide (RGO) FO filtration membranes and have demonstrated that with a comparable water flux, the RGO membranes have an exceptionally large reverse flux selectivity with 1.5 M sodium sulfate draw solution, about 7 times larger than that of cellulose triacetate membranes under the same testing condition. The interlayer spacing of the membranes can be fine-tuned by varying temperatures, so that the free interlayer spacing is less than 0.7 nm after exposure to water. The RGO-based membranes offer a few advantages with high reverse flux selectivity, mechanical robustness with strong adhesion to nylong support membranes without damage after FO tests and tape peel tests, and enhanced chromate and chlorine resistance. Finally, we have further demonstrated that in the FO processes, one can concentrate waste brine while simultaneously harvesting the osmotic energy as electricity, offering potential applications of forward osmosis-based osmotic batteries for powering electronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of SBIR/STTR Programs (SBIR/STTR); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 2472586

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--23-33547

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 128; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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