Abstract
We report ambivalent rejection behavior of a graphene oxide membrane (GOM) having a reduced interlayer spacing. Ultrathin GOMs having a thickness of 50 nm were fabricated using a vacuum filtration method followed by subjecting the samples to thermal reduction at 162 °C. The interlayer spacing of GOMs was reduced by 1 Å on thermal reduction as compared with that of the natural GOMs. The rejection rate with dye molecules was tested using dyes having three different types of charges in a dead-end filtration instrument. Rejection rate of the reduced GOM with the dyes having an opposite charge was improved up to 99.7%, indicating the dominant effect of the physical sieving diameter. In contrast, in the case of ion permeation of natural GOM, a higher rejection rate for several metal ions was observed as compared with that of GOMs having 1 Å smaller interlayer spacing, indicating the dominant effect of surface charges on the GOM samples.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10024-10030 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Environmental Science and Technology |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 Sept 20 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are thankful for the financial support of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and Agency for Defense Development and Basic Science Research Program (2015-01004751) and Nano Material Fundamental Research (2012M3A7B4049863) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP) in Korea.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry