Recent Advances in Mussel-inspired Polydopamine-modified Graphene-based Functional Materials and Their Applications in Waterborne Environmental Remediation
ZHU Wuqing1,2, QUAN Haiyan2, PENG Shusen1, ZHANG Min2, CHEN Dongchu2, HU Huawen2,3,4
1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China 2 School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China 3 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China 4 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou 510640, China
Abstract: The global water pollution problem is becoming increasingly serious. Graphene can be a good choice for designing and fabricating various graphene-based functional materials due to its large specific surface area and excellent decontamination performance. However, graphene sheets readily aggregate and agglomerate themselves, causing a loss of their fabulous properties. It is therefore necessary to modify the surface of graphene to make it dispersible in various water media. Inspired from naturally occurring mussel and its excreted adhesive protein, the chemical modifications of graphene can thus be efficiently achieved based on such a natural way. The resulting polydopamine (Pdop)-modified graphene (Pdop-G) exhibits excellent dispersibility, facilitating its further manufacturing through facile solution-based routes. Such modification also enables the generation of more active sites for diverse applications, and a versatile platform can be provided as well due to the modification. As a consequence, Pdop-G has captured the focus of much attention for various applications, especially environmental remediation. This paper reviews the design and preparation methods of Pdop-G and related materials over the past three years, and special attention is placed on the research status in environmental remediation applications using a diversity of Pdop-G-based functional materials, mainly including three critical strategies (i.e., adsorption, membrane filtration and photocatalysis). This literature review shows that Pdop-G and related materials have great application potential in dealing with water contaminants, but it is necessary to improve the preparation and manufacturing processes, post-treatment strategies, and other conditions to achieve commercial applications. This review paper sufficiently comments on the merits and demerits of using graphene chemistry, mussel-inspired biomimetic chemistry, and the corresponding technologies for environmental remediation applications, and also suggests the research directions on which future efforts can be put, in order to clarify the scope of applications and the routes to developing technologies. We hope this review paper can provide a guide for researchers when concerning the bio-inspired modification of graphene and the resulting modified graphene-based functional materials for various applications, especially environmental remediation. It is also highly expected that innovative ideas and new research directions will be obtained as a result of this review contribution.
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