Bioinspired Multifunctional Paper-Based rGO Composites for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation

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• 作者：Jinwei Lou ; Yang Liu ; Zhongyong Wang ; Dengwu Zhao ; Chengyi Song ; Jianbo Wu ; Neil Dasgupta ; Wang Zhang ; Di Zhang ; Peng Tao ; Wen Shang ; Tao Deng
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 15, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：23
• 页码：14628-14636
• 全文大小：582K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Reusing polluted water through various decontamination techniques has appeared as one of the most practical approaches to address the global shortage of clean water. Rather than relying on single decontamination mechanism, herein we report the preparation and utilization of paper-based composites for multifunctional solar-driven clean water generation that is inspired by the multiple water purification approaches in biological systems. The reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets within such composites can efficiently remove organic contaminants through physical adsorption mechanism. Under solar irradiation, the floating rGO composites can instantly generate localized heating, which not only can directly generate clean water through distillation mechanism but also significantly enhance adsorption removal performance with the assistance of upward vapor flow. Such porous-structured paper-based composites allow for facile incorporation of photocatalysts to regenerate clean water out of contaminated water with combined adsorption, photodegradation, and interfacial heat-assisted distillation mechanisms. Within a homemade all-in-one water treatment device, the practical applicability of the composites for multifunctional clean water generation has been demonstrated.