Identifying the Active Sites of Heteroatom Graphene as a Conductive Membrane for the Electrochemical Filtration of Organic Contaminants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Preparation and Characterization of Heteroatom Graphene
2.2. Electrochemical Performance in Membrane Filtration
2.3. Identification of Active Sites
2.4. Electrochemical Activities of Heteroatom Doped Graphene
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials and Reagents
3.2. Synthesis of Heteroatom Graphene
3.3. Preparation of Electrochemical Membrane Filtration Device
3.4. Material Characterizations
3.5. Electrochemical Characterizations
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | OG | NG | SG | SNG |
---|---|---|---|---|
C (at%) | 13.6 | 48.6 | 50.1 | 49.6 |
H (at%) | 23.1 | 33.4 | 23.6 | 15.9 |
O (at%) | 63.3 | 13.7 | 25.1 | 22.2 |
N (at%) | - | 4.3 | - | 7.9 |
S (at%) | - | - | 1.2 | 7.5 |
N/C (at%) | - | 8.9 | - | 6.3 |
S/C (at%) | - | - | 2.4 | 6.6 |
Samples | NG | SG | SNG |
---|---|---|---|
pyridine nitrogen (%) | 23.1 | - | 15.8 |
pyrrole nitrogen (%) | 47.6 | - | 68.5 |
graphitic nitrogen (%) | 29.3 | - | 15.7 |
-C-S-C- (%) | - | 89.5 | 39.3 |
-C-SOx-C (%) | - | 10.5 | 60.7 |
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Pan, M.; Li, J.; Pan, B. Identifying the Active Sites of Heteroatom Graphene as a Conductive Membrane for the Electrochemical Filtration of Organic Contaminants. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 14967. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314967
Pan M, Li J, Pan B. Identifying the Active Sites of Heteroatom Graphene as a Conductive Membrane for the Electrochemical Filtration of Organic Contaminants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):14967. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314967
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Meilan, Junjian Li, and Bingjun Pan. 2022. "Identifying the Active Sites of Heteroatom Graphene as a Conductive Membrane for the Electrochemical Filtration of Organic Contaminants" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 14967. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314967