Construction of amidinothiourea crosslinked graphene oxide membrane by multilayer self-assembly for efficient removal of heavy metal ions

Boshen Yang; Xuebing Hu; Qintao Zhou

doi:10.1515/mt-2023-0352

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Construction of amidinothiourea crosslinked graphene oxide membrane by multilayer self-assembly for efficient removal of heavy metal ions

Boshen Yang
Boshen Yang, born in 1998, is a postgraduate in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Currently, he is an assistant in the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Membrane of Jingdezhen Ceramic University.
, Xuebing Hu
Prof. Dr. Xuebing Hu, born in 1979, completed his PhD at the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, in 2014. Currently, he is working as a Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China. His current research interests include adsorption materials, functional coatings, and membrane materials.
and Qintao Zhou
Qintao Zhou, born in 1999, is a postgraduate in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Currently, he is an assistant in the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Membrane of Jingdezhen Ceramic University.

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Abstract

Amidinothiourea crosslinked graphene oxide membrane was prepared by a multilayer self-assembly method along with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane modification, while different thicknesses of the membrane layer were obtained by regulating the volume of graphene oxide dispersion. The removal rate of the membrane layer with different thicknesses of heavy metal ions was explored and its removal mechanism was explained. The results show that the membrane can maintain high stability after 90 days of immersion in water. When the volume of graphene oxide dispersant increases from 9 ml to 15 ml, the thickness of the membrane layer enhances from about 120 nm to about 200 nm. After filtration of 140 ml of different nitrate solutions, the water fluxes of different membranes are about 22.6 l m⁻² h⁻¹·bar⁻¹, 6.1 l m⁻² h⁻¹·bar⁻¹, and 1.4 l m⁻² h⁻¹·bar⁻¹, respectively. The removal rates of the preferred membrane for Pb²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Cu²⁺ are 43.3 %, 41.2 %, and 39.7 %, respectively. The ion removal mechanism is mainly due to the Dornan effect.

Keywords: graphene oxide membrane; amidinothiourea; multilayer self-assembly; heavy metal ions; removal rate

Corresponding author: Xuebing Hu, 26478 Jingdezhen Ceramic University , Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, E-mail: xuebinghu2010@gmail.com

Funding source: Major Research Plan

Award Identifier / Grant number: 52062021

About the authors

Boshen Yang

Boshen Yang, born in 1998, is a postgraduate in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Currently, he is an assistant in the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Membrane of Jingdezhen Ceramic University.

Xuebing Hu

Prof. Dr. Xuebing Hu, born in 1979, completed his PhD at the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, in 2014. Currently, he is working as a Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China. His current research interests include adsorption materials, functional coatings, and membrane materials.

Qintao Zhou

Qintao Zhou, born in 1999, is a postgraduate in the Department of Materials Engineering of Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Currently, he is an assistant in the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Membrane of Jingdezhen Ceramic University.

Research ethics: Not applicable.
Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
Research funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52062021), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China (Grant No. 20212BAB204034), and Graduate Innovation Foundation of Jingdezhen Ceramic University (Grant No. JYC202228).
Data availability: Not applicable.

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graphene oxide membrane; amidinothiourea; multilayer self-assembly; heavy metal ions; removal rate