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Jiangjin Han, Zhiyue Dong, Liang Hao, Jiang Gong, Qiang Zhao. Poly(ionic liquid)-crosslinked graphene oxide/carbon nanotube membranes as efficient solar steam generators. Green Energy&Environment, 2023, 8(1): 151-162. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2021.03.010
Citation: Jiangjin Han, Zhiyue Dong, Liang Hao, Jiang Gong, Qiang Zhao. Poly(ionic liquid)-crosslinked graphene oxide/carbon nanotube membranes as efficient solar steam generators. Green Energy&Environment, 2023, 8(1): 151-162. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2021.03.010
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Poly(ionic liquid)-crosslinked graphene oxide/carbon nanotube membranes as efficient solar steam generators

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2021.03.010

  • a. Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China;

  • b. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China

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We would like to thank the reviewers for their kind and valuable comments. Q.Z. thanks gratefully for the financial support of the National Key R&

D Program of China (No. 2019YFC1806000), and the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (No. 3004013118). J.G. thanks the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51903099), the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (No. 3004013134), and the 100 Talents Program of the Hubei Provincial Government. Z.D. thanks the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (No. 0106013063). We are grateful to the Analytical and Testing Centre of HUST, and the Analytical and Testing Centre of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (HUST) for access to their facilities.

  • Received date 10 February 2021, Accepted date 21 March 2021, RevRecd date 13 March 2021, Publish date 23 March 2021,
    Abstract
  • Graphene oxide (GO) is regarded as a promising candidate to construct solar absorbers for addressing freshwater crisis, but the easy delamination of GO in water poses a critical challenge for practical solar desalination. Herein, we improve the stability of GO membranes by a self-crosslinking poly (ionic liquid) (PIL) in a mild condition, which crosslinks neighbouring GO nanosheets without blemishing the hydrophilic structure of GO. By further adding carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the sandwiched GO/CNT@PIL (GCP) membrane displays a good stability in pH = 1 or 13 solution even for 270 days. The molecular dynamics simulation results indicate that the generation of water nanofluidics in nanochannels of GO nanosheets remarkably reduces the water evaporation enthalpy in GCP membrane, compared to bulk water. Consequently, the GCP membrane exhibits a high evaporation rate (1.87 kg m-2 h-1) and displays stable evaporation rates for 14 h under 1 kW m-2 irradiation. The GCP membrane additionally works very well when using different water sources (e.g., dye-polluted water) or even strong acidic solution (pH = 1) or basic solution (pH = 13). More importantly, through bundling pluralities of GCP membrane, an efficient solar desalination device is developed to produce drinkable water from seawater. The average daily drinkable water amount in sunny day is 10.1 kg m-2, which meets with the daily drinkable water needs of five adults. The high evaporation rate, long-time durability and good scalability make the GCP membrane an outstanding candidate for practical solar seawater desalination.

     

    • • A robust GO/CNT membrane is obtained by self-crosslinking of poly (ionic liquid). • The membrane bears hydrophilicity and high stability in strong acid/base solution. • Water evaporation enthalpy is remarkably reduced due to water nanofluidics in GO. • The membrane shows high evaporation rate, great flexibility and long-term stability. • The membrane works very well in practical solar desalination to produce freshwater.
    J.H. and Z.D. contributed equally.
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