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    Chemically Cross-Linked Graphene Oxide as a Selective Layer on Electrospun Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofiber Membrane for Nanofiltration Application

    Year: 2021

    Journal: Nanomaterials, Volume 11, NOV

    Authors: Park, Myoung Jun; Nisola, Grace M.; Seo, Dong Han; Wang, Chen; Phuntsho, Sherub; Choo, Youngwoo; Chung, Wook-Jin; Shon, Ho Kyong

    Organizations: Australian Research Council (ARC) [DP210101361]; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [2020R1A6A1A03038817]

    Keywords: graphene oxide; nanofiber; electrospinning; polyvinyl alcohol; cross-linking; nanofiltration

    Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets were utilized as a selective layer on a highly porous polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiber support via a pressure-assisted self-assembly technique to synthesize composite nanofiltration membranes. The GO layer was rendered stable by cross-linking the nanosheets (GO-to-GO) and by linking them onto the support surface (GO-to-PVA) using glutaraldehyde (GA). The amounts of GO and GA deposited on the PVA substrate were varied to determine the optimum nanofiltration membrane both in terms of water flux and salt rejection performances. The successful GA cross-linking of GO interlayers and GO-PVA via acetalization was confirmed by FTIR and XPS analyses, which corroborated with other characterization results from contact angle and zeta potential measurements. Morphologies of the most effective membrane (CGOPVA-50) featured a defect-free GA cross-linked GO layer with a thickness of ~67 nm. The best solute rejections of the CGOPVA-50 membrane were 91.01% for Na2SO4 (20 mM), 98.12% for Eosin Y (10 mg/L), 76.92% for Methylene blue (10 mg/L), and 49.62% for NaCl (20 mM). These findings may provide one of the promising approaches in synthesizing mechanically stable GO-based thin-film composite membranes that are effective for solute separation via nanofiltration.
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