2D Materials: Water desalination applications
Mohamed AMLIEH
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Institute of Applied Physics)
IAP Physics Seminar Series will occur on Tuesday 24 December, at 11:15 at the UM6P campus (Ryad 8, 1st floor).
Abstract:
2D Materials based graphene has an excellent potential to be used as a RO membrane due to its unique properties such as mechanical and chemical stability. However, improving water permeability with an excellent salt rejection rate remains a significant challenge. We propose a novel water filtration membrane based on two-electrode nano-porous graphene on substrate. We used two types of substrates SiO2 and SiC. Nano-pores were created by argon-plasma magnetron sputtering then quantified using Raman spectroscopy. Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, our proposed concept makes it possible to have the highest permeability value, keeping almost 100 % salt rejection and improving its mechanical properties. These reported results are essential for developing water desalination membranes based on graphene devices
Biography:
Mohammed Amlieh is a Civil engineer from Hassania school in Casablanca at 2019, He continued his studies in the Education fellow at Emines at Mohammed VI Polytechnic university, where he succeeded the “agrégation externe Francaise” in Physics and chemical sciences. Currently Pr. Amlieh is the Biophysics of Sensory Organs professor at the UM6P faculty of medical sciences. His current research is focused on water desalination application using 2d materials.
Localization: Ryad 8, 1st Floor.