The application discloses an ultrathin defect-free ZIFs@GO
composite film, a preparation method and application thereof, and comprises the following steps: 1) preparing GO by a modified
Hummers method; 2) depositing GO on a
polymer base film to prepare a GO
composite film; and 3) growing ZIFs coordination polymers on the GO
composite film by an interfacial counter-
diffusion method to prepare the composite film. The application optimizes the ZIFs synthesis conditions and reduces non-selective defects to improve the separation performance of the ZIFs film. In the
reverse diffusion process, GO acts as a barrier to make the precursor diffuse along the interlamellar gap and greatly slow down the
diffusion rate; by optimizing the driving force of
diffusion in the solution, the ZIFs
crystallization rate can be accurately matched, the ZIFs growth content can be effectively reduced, and the generation of intercrystalline defects can be reduced. The GO lamella is rich in
oxygen functional groups, which provides sites for the heterogeneous
nucleation of ZIFs, especially at the edges and defects of the GO lamella, so that the non-selective defects in the GO film can be effectively reduced; meanwhile, the nanoscale limitation enables the ZIFs heteroepitaxial growth to be carried out along the two-dimensional channel instead of the vertical direction, which is beneficial to the formation of an ultrathin
crystal structure and realizes the preparation of the ultrathin defect-free composite film.