Hollow Polyhedron-Modified Graphene Oxide Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration with Enhanced Permeance
Naixin Wang, Hao Sun, Hengyu Yang, Xiaoting Li, Shulan Ji, Quan‐Fu An
Abstract
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is an emerging membrane-based technology for molecular separation. The design and fabrication of membranes with unique structures are important to obtain high performance. Herein, ZIF-8 nanoparticles are grown in situ on the surface of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and then assembled on a tubular ceramic substrate through a vacuum-assisted assembly method. ZIF-8 anchored on the GO nanosheets is evolved into ZnS polyhedra with a hollow structure through in situ sulfurization. The formed ZnS@GO membrane is composed of a layered structure of GO with the interlayer intercalated by ZnS hollow polyhedra and demonstrates high permeance for organic solvents. Compared to that of the ZIF-8@GO membrane, the permeance of the ZnS@GO membrane is enhanced by 4.4-fold when separating dyes from methanol, indicating their promising potential in the application of organic solvent nanofiltration.