Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, P. R. China.
Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China.
Adv Mater. 2020 Jan;32(3):e1806843. doi: 10.1002/adma.201806843. Epub 2019 May 10.
Recently, 3D graphene-based macrostructures (3D GBMs) have gained increased attention due to their immense application potential in water treatment. The unique structural features (e.g., large surface area and physically interconnected porous network) as well as fascinating properties (e.g., high electrical conductivity, excellent chemical/thermal stability, ultralightness, and high solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency) render 3D GBMs as promising materials for water purification through adsorption, capacitive deionization, and solar distillation. Moreover, 3D GBMs can serve as scaffolds to immobilize powder nanomaterials to build monolithic adsorbents and photo-/electrocatalysts, which significantly broadens their potential applications in water treatment. Here, recent advances in their synthesis and application toward water purification are highlighted. Remaining challenges and future perspectives are elaborated to highlight future research directions.
最近,基于 3D 石墨烯的宏观结构(3DGBM)由于在水处理方面具有巨大的应用潜力而受到越来越多的关注。其独特的结构特征(例如,大的表面积和物理连通的多孔网络)以及迷人的特性(例如,高导电性、优异的化学/热稳定性、超轻和高太阳能-热转换效率)使得 3DGBM 成为通过吸附、电容去离子和太阳能蒸馏进行水净化的有前途的材料。此外,3DGBM 可以作为固定粉末纳米材料的支架,以构建整体式吸附剂和光/电催化剂,这大大拓宽了它们在水处理中的潜在应用。本文重点介绍了它们在水净化方面的合成和应用的最新进展。阐述了存在的挑战和未来展望,以突出未来的研究方向。