Chapter eight - Carbon and graphene oxide materials and their potential applications in membrane separation technology

Abstract

Membrane-based water treatment has become a major solution to the water crisis worldwide. In recent years, graphene and its derivatives, especially graphene oxide (GO), have been the topic of many studies regarding water and wastewater treatment membranes due to their final thinness and unique layered structure, which improve the physiochemical properties and enhance penetration flux and hydrophilicity. In this study, graphene and GO are introduced. Then, the developments in graphene-based membrane technologies are systematically discussed using different configurations.