title: Processable graphene oxide-embedded titanate nanofiber membranes with improved filtration performance.
abstract: Graphene oxide (GO)-embedded titanate nanofiber (TNF) membranes with improved filtration performance are prepared successfully by a two-step method including electrostatic assembly of GO and TNFs into hybrids and subsequent processing of them into membranes by vacuum filtration. The embedded contents of GO sheets in films and thickness of as-assembled films can be adjusted facilely, endowing such composite films with good processability. Owing to the skilful introduction of GO sheets, the pore and/or channel structures in these hybrid membranes are modified. By treating different dye solutions (Direct Yellow and Direct Red), the filtration properties of these membranes show that the introduction of certain amount of GO sheets efficiently improve the separation performance of the membranes. Interestingly, these GO-embedded TNF membranes also display superior selective separation performance on filtrating the mixture solutions of such two dyes, making these hierarchical membranes more flexible and versatile in water treatment areas.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China; School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. Electronic address: cxu@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Miaoqiang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Songcan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. Electronic address: l.wang@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Lianzhou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Graphene oxide; Inorganic fibrous membranes; Processability; Selectivity; Water treatment