Ultrahigh Water Permeance of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane for Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of AH-rGO Suspension
2.3. Filtration Experiments
2.4. Characterizations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterizations of the AH-rGO
3.2. Membrane Rejection of Typical Radioactive Ions
3.3. Performance of AH-rGO Membranes
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Xia, X.; Zhou, F.; Yu, R.; Cao, L.; Chen, L. Ultrahigh Water Permeance of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane for Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment. Membranes 2021, 11, 809. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11110809
Xia X, Zhou F, Yu R, Cao L, Chen L. Ultrahigh Water Permeance of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane for Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment. Membranes. 2021; 11(11):809. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11110809
Chicago/Turabian StyleXia, Xinming, Feng Zhou, Risheng Yu, Longsheng Cao, and Liang Chen. 2021. "Ultrahigh Water Permeance of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane for Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment" Membranes 11, no. 11: 809. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11110809