Pervaporation Membranes for Seawater Desalination Based on Geo-rGO-TiO Nanocomposites. Part 1: Microstructure Properties.

This is the first of two papers about the synthesis and microstructure properties of the Geo-rGO-TiO ternary nanocomposite, which was designed to suit the criteria of a pervaporation membrane for seawater desalination. The performance and capability of Geo-rGO-TiO as a seawater desalination pervaporation membrane are described in the second paper. A geopolymer made from alkali-activated metakaolin was utilized as a binder for the rGO-TiO nanocomposite.