Bulletin of the American Physical Society
85th Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section
Volume 63, Number 19
Thursday–Saturday, November 8–10, 2018; Holiday Inn at World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee
Session D05: Poster Session (6:00pm-7:30pm)
6:00 PM,
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown
Room: Atrium
Abstract ID: BAPS.2018.SES.D05.39
Abstract: D05.00039 : Graphene-Polymer Thin Film Composite Membranes as Efficient and Anti-fouling Membranes for Water Purification*
Presenter:
Brendan Evans
(Western Kentucky University)
Authors:
Sanju Gupta
(Western Kentucky University)
Brendan Evans
(Western Kentucky University)
Alex Henson
(Western Kentucky University)
Water is our planet’s most precious resources and life’s most basic indispensable component. Reverse osmosis (RO) filtration is highly adopted, growing technologies to produce clean water by removing undesired (charged or uncharged) solute species. However, polymer and ceramic membranes suffer from low permeability, structural breakdown and fouling. Graphene, a form of carbon, provides the foundation for the production of highly permeable membranes as an emerging technology for RO desalination. Adding oxygen to few-layer graphene nanosheets, i.e. graphene oxide (GO), opens allows efficient adsorption of charged ionic species (selectivity) and augmented flow of water molecules (ultrafast permeability). This works reports on the development of novel graphene oxide thin film nanocomposite (G-TFNC) membranes embedded with a thinner active polymer layer via interfacial polymerization to tackle the trade-offs among water flux transport and salt ionic species rejection, robustness and anti-fouling characteristics. This study overcomes the gap between drinkable freshwater demand and supply through nanotechnology-enabled high performance graphene composite membranes.
*KY NSF EPSCoR REG Grant and Internal RCAP Award.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2018.SES.D05.39
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