Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.111, 437-446, July, 2022
Improved dyes separation performance of reduced graphene by incorporation MoS2 nanosheets
The hydrothermal reduced graphene (rGO) and the layered MoS2 nanosheets prepared by the liquidphase stripping method were blended, and then the MoS2-rGO composite membranes were prepared on the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) supporting membranes by vacuum filtration method. A variety of characterization methods such as Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD) were used to verify the successful introduction of MoS2 into rGO layers and the changes of interlayer structure of the MoS2-rGO membranes. Finally, the effect of MoS2 loading on separation performance of the MoS2-rGO composite membrane was investigated. The results show that the separation performance of the membrane with 33.33% of MoS2 loading (M-rG-3) is the most excellent. The permeability of M-rG-3 membrane is 118.21 Lm-2h-1 bar-1, which is about 4.4 times that of the pristine rGO membrane. Meanwhile, the rejection of the M-rG-3 membrane for Methyl cblue, Crystal violet, Rhodamine B, and Congo red all exceed 80%.