Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film and a preparation method thereof, and aims to improve the photo-thermal conversion efficiency and the seawater desalination effect by cooperatively playing the advantages of a metal material and a carbon material in the aspect of photo-thermal conversion.
The method comprises the following steps:
a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film and a preparation method thereof are characterized by comprising the following specific steps:
(1) adding a certain amount of ammonium sulfate and nickel sulfate into a solvent, and continuously stirring until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form electrolyte;
(2) the foamed nickel is used as a cathode, the graphite foil is used as an anode, and the electrode distance is adjusted in the electrolyte;
(3) under a certain direct current voltage, gas and hydroxyl radicals generated by the electrolyte generate intercalation on the graphite foil, so that graphene is stripped; the nickel ions play a role of a carrier, and the graphene is transferred to the cathode and reduced into nickel black; thereby generating a uniform nickel black-graphene composite film on the cathode;
(4) adjusting the concentration of the electrolyte, the deposition voltage and the deposition time to control the content of the nickel black-graphene composite material on the cathode;
the concentration of ammonium sulfate in the step (1) is 0-0.2M, and the concentration of nickel sulfate is 0-0.08M;
the electrode distance in the step (2) is 0.5-2 cm;
the voltage range in the step (3) is 5-15V;
the deposition time in the step (4) is 5-40 min;
(5) after electrodeposition is carried out for a certain time, the nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film is fully cleaned in deionized water, and is dried for 12 hours in a 60 ℃ oven after being taken out.
A forming principle of a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film is as follows: after the system is electrified, gas and hydroxyl radicals generated by the electrolyte generate intercalation on the graphite foil, so that graphene is stripped. The nickel ions play a role of charging salt, and the graphene is transferred to the cathode and reduced into nickel black; thereby generating a uniform nickel black-graphene composite film on the cathode.
The invention adopts a one-step electrochemical method, has simple preparation process and one-step film formation; the nickel black on the surface of the carrier can realize the photo-thermal conversion effect under the action of the plasma resonance effect, the graphene has a wide range of light absorption wavelength, and the generation of water vapor in the seawater desalination process is increased through the synergistic effect to obtain more fresh water.
Detailed Description
In order to better explain the present invention, the present invention is further explained below by taking a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film as an example and combining with the accompanying drawings.
Preparation in the early stage of the experiment:
1. preparing a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film:
(1) adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate and 0.42g of nickel sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution;
(2) connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting a graphite foil on an anode, adjusting the distance of the connected electrode, and putting the electrode into electrolyte;
(3) turning on a switch of an external direct current power supply, and adjusting the experiment voltage and the experiment time to adjust the content of the nickel black-graphene composite material on the foamed nickel;
(4) and cleaning the plated nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
Fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3 are SEM, XRD and Raman diagrams of a nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film, respectively. The existence of graphene and nickel black on the surface of the film can be clearly seen through an SEM image, characteristic peaks of nickel and graphene can be seen through an XRD and Raman images, and the nickel black-graphene composite film can be effectively proved to be effectively prepared.
2. The experimental process comprises the following steps:
the effective membrane area prepared above is 9cm2The nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film is placed on an evaporation cup filled with a NaCl solution with the concentration of 30g/L, and simulated sunlight with the light intensity of 1sun is adopted for irradiation. The initial weight and the final weight of the evaporation cup were weighed and the vapor permeability was calculated.
Example 1
Adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate and 0.42g of nickel sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting a graphite foil on an anode, adjusting the distance of the connected electrode, and putting the electrode into electrolyte; turning on a switch of an external direct current power supply, and reacting for 10 minutes under the voltage of 13V; and cleaning the plated nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours. Subjecting to evaporation under 1sun illuminationOn the cup, the light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 136.94%, and the steam permeability is 2.00 kg/m2·h。
Example 2
Adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate and 0.42g of nickel sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting a graphite foil on an anode, adjusting the distance of the connected electrode, and putting the electrode into electrolyte; turning on a switch of an external direct current power supply, and reacting for 20 minutes under the voltage of 13V; and cleaning the plated nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours. Placing on an evaporation cup under 1sun illumination, the light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 138.49%, and the steam permeability is 2.02 kg/m2·h。
Example 3
Adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate and 0.42g of nickel sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting a graphite foil on an anode, adjusting the distance of the connected electrode, and putting the electrode into electrolyte; turning on a switch of an external direct current power supply, and reacting for 30 minutes under the voltage of 13V; and cleaning the plated nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours. Placing on an evaporation cup under 1sun illumination, the light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 162.48%, and the steam permeability is 2.37kg/m2·h。
Example 4
Adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate and 0.42g of nickel sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate and the nickel sulfate are fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting a graphite foil on an anode, adjusting the distance of the connected electrode, and putting the electrode into electrolyte; turning on a switch of an external direct current power supply, and reacting for 40 minutes under the voltage of 13V; and cleaning the plated nickel black-graphene photo-thermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours. Placing on an evaporation cup under 1sun illumination, light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 140.37%, and steam permeability is 2.05 kg/m2·h。
Comparative example 1:
will be adornedThe evaporation cup with no membrane having a concentration of NaCl solution of 30g/L was irradiated with simulated sunlight having a light intensity of 1 sun. The initial weight and the final weight of the evaporation cup were weighed, and the light-vapor energy conversion efficiency was calculated to be 50.89%, and the vapor permeability was calculated to be 0.75k g/m2·h。
Comparative example 2:
adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate is fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; connecting foamed nickel on a cathode, connecting two nickel plates on anodes at the left side and the right side of the foamed nickel respectively, adjusting the distance of the connected electrodes and putting the electrodes into electrolyte; turning on an external direct current power supply, and electrolyzing for 20 minutes under the voltage of 15V; and cleaning the plated nickel black photothermal conversion film in deionized water, taking out, and drying in an oven at 60 ℃ for 12 hours. Under the illumination of 1sun, the light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 91.87 percent, and the steam permeability is 1.07kg/m2·h。
Comparative example 2:
adding 1.32g of ammonium sulfate into 200ml of deionized water, and continuously stirring at room temperature until the ammonium sulfate is fully dissolved to form an electrolyte solution; and respectively placing the cathode and the anode on graphite foils, stripping for 1 hour, and carrying out suction filtration on the obtained graphene to obtain the graphene film. Under the illumination of 1sun, the light-steam energy conversion efficiency is 81.20%, and the steam permeability is 1.19kg/m2·h。
And (4) conclusion:
as can be seen from table 1, compared with the nickel black film and the graphene film, the nickel black-graphene composite photothermal conversion film realizes a synergistic promotion effect, has a good effect in seawater desalination, and maximizes the light-steam energy conversion efficiency and the steam permeability of the film when the electrolysis time is 30 min.
TABLE 1 active membrane area of 9cm2The nickel black-graphene composite photo-thermal conversion film and the steam permeability of the comparative example under 1sun illumination