Innovative progress in graphene derivative-based composite hybrid membranes for the removal of contaminants in wastewater: A review

Urooj Kamran; Kyong Yop Rhee; Seul-Yi Lee; Soo-Jin Park

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135590

Innovative progress in graphene derivative-based composite hybrid membranes for the removal of contaminants in wastewater: A review

Chemosphere. 2022 Nov:306:135590. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135590. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Authors

Urooj Kamran¹, Kyong Yop Rhee², Seul-Yi Lee³, Soo-Jin Park⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon, 22212, South Korea; Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 445-701, South Korea.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 445-701, South Korea. Electronic address: rheeky@khu.ac.kr.
³ Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon, 22212, South Korea. Electronic address: leesy1019@inha.ac.kr.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon, 22212, South Korea. Electronic address: sjpark@inha.ac.kr.

PMID: 35803370
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135590

Abstract

Graphene derivatives (graphene oxide) are proved as an innovative carbon materials that are getting more attraction in membrane separation technology because of its unique properties and capability to attain layer-to-layer stacking, existence of high oxygen-based functional groups, and generation of nanochannels that successively enhance the selective pollutants removal performance. The review focused on the recent innovations in the development of graphene derivative-based composite hybrid membranes (GDHMs) for the removal of multiple contaminants from wastewater treatment. To design GDHMs, it was observed that at first GO layers undergo chemical treatments with either different polymers, plasma, or sulfonyl. After that, the chemically treated GO layers were decorated with various active functional materials (either with nanoparticles, magnetite, or nanorods, etc.). By preparing GDHMs, properties such as permeability, porosity, hydrophilicity, water flux, stability, feasibility, mechanical strength, regeneration ability, and antifouling tendency were excessively improved as compared to pristine GO membranes. Different types of novel GDHMs were able to remove toxic dyes (77-100%), heavy metals/ions (66-100%), phenols (40-100%), and pharmaceuticals (74-100%) from wastewater with high efficiency. Some of GDHMs were capable to show dual contaminant removal efficacy and antibacterial activity. In this study, it was observed that the most involved mechanisms for pollutants removal are size exclusion, transport, electrostatic interactions, adsorption, and donnan exclusion. In addition to this, interaction mechanism during membrane separation technology has also been elaborated by density functional theory. At last, in this review the discussion related to challenges, limitations, and future outlook for the applications of GDHMs has also been provided.

Keywords: Dyes; Graphene oxide; Heavy metals; Hybrid composite membrane; Pharmaceuticals; Phenolics; Wastewater treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Graphite* / chemistry
Metals, Heavy* / analysis
Wastewater / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis
Water Purification*

Substances

Metals, Heavy
Waste Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Graphite