碳纳米管/细菌纤维素复合水凝胶膜的制备及其在太阳能界面蒸发中的应用

Development of carbon nanotube/bacterial cellulose composite hydrogel membrane and its application for solar-driven interfacial evaporation

  • 摘要: 太阳能驱动界面蒸发技术是解决淡水资源短缺问题的有效途径之一。为了开发高效的太阳能界面蒸发器,本文以具有三维孔道和优异亲水性的细菌纤维素(BC)为基体,添加碳纳米管(CNT)作为吸光材料,通过物理吸附和戊二醛交联处理,成功制备了CNT/BC复合水凝胶膜。系统研究了各种CNT/BC复合水凝胶膜的微观形貌、力学性能、亲水性能以及光热转化性能。结果表明:CNT/BC复合水凝胶膜具备良好的力学稳定性和优异的补水亲水性能,还展现出全光谱范围内的强效光热转化能力。该复合膜在1个标准太阳光照下的最高蒸发速率可达1.82 kg·m−2·h−1,并展现出良好的循环使用性能和优异的海水淡化能力,在模拟海水中蒸发速率可达1.69 kg·m−2·h−1

     

    Abstract: Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology represents an effective approach to address water resource shortage. To develop an efficient solar interfacial evaporator, a carbon nanotube/bacterial cellulose (CNT/BC) composite hydrogel membrane was successfully fabricated in this study. Bacterial cellulose (BC), featuring a three-dimensional porous structure and excellent hydrophilicity, was utilized as the matrix, while carbon nanotubes (CNT) were incorporated as the light-absorbing material via physical adsorption and glutaraldehyde cross-linking treatment. The influence of CNT incorporation on the micro-morphology, mechanical property, hydrophilicity, photothermal conversion and solar evaporation performance of the composite hydrogel membrane were systematically investigated. The results demonstrated that the CNT/BC composite hydrogel membrane possessed robust mechanical stability, excellent water-transporting hydrophilicity and exceptional broadband photothermal conversion capabilities across full solar spectrum. The resultant composite membrane achieved a maximum evaporation rate of 1.82 kg·m−2·h−1 under 1 standard sun illumination. Furthermore, it exhibited highly stable repeated evaporation performance and outstanding seawater desalination capability, reaching an evaporation rate of 1.69 kg·m−2·h−1 in simulated seawater.

     

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