A self-cleaning TiO2 coated mesh with robust underwater superoleophobicity for oil/water separation in a complex environment

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (69) ◽  
pp. 65171-65178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe-Qin Dong ◽  
Bao-Juan Wang ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Xiao-hua Ma ◽  
Zhen-Liang Xu

A TiO2 coated mesh with self-cleaning property, robust underwater superoleophobicity and high separation efficiency was fabricated by sol–gel method.

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (53) ◽  
pp. 30257-30264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Lv ◽  
Xiaoli Wang ◽  
Shitao Peng ◽  
Lei Luo ◽  
Ran Zhou

A superhydrophobic and superoleophilic oil sorbent was prepared by attaching SiO2 particles onto a cotton fiber surface by a sol–gel method and subsequent octadecyltrichlorosilane modification.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (90) ◽  
pp. 87332-87340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. W. Liu ◽  
C. H. Zhang ◽  
Z. Q. Wang ◽  
X. Fu ◽  
R. Wei

Scaly structure bionic structured on the fabric with superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity. The modified fabric showed excellent separation efficiency for various oil–water mixtures which could solve oil–water separation issue.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (29) ◽  
pp. 16296-16304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayaprakash Saththasivam ◽  
Kui Wang ◽  
Wubulikasimu Yiming ◽  
Zhaoyang Liu ◽  
Khaled A. Mahmoud

A highly hydrophilic and oleophobic membrane based on Ti3C2Tx (MXene) coated paper demonstrated high separation efficiency for oil/water emulsions with excellent antifouling properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizheng Sha ◽  
Chao Ma ◽  
Huifang Zhao ◽  
Supeng Qiu ◽  
Zhongyu Yan ◽  
...  

Abstract Superhydrophobic surfaces have high potential in self-cleaning and oil-water separation applications. We developed a three-step method for the preparation of superhydrophobic filter paper. It involved citric acid (CA) pretreatment to activate cellulose fibers, coating with cellulose nanofibrils/functionalized silica (CNFs/m-SiO2) slurry to increase surface roughness, and grafting of hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS) to enhance water resistance. The water contact angle (WCA) and siding angle (SA) of the prepared filter paper reached 151.5° and 7.5°, respectively. The results showed that, compared to the coated filter paper without the added CNFs, the coated paper with CNFs had higher retention of m-SiO2, thus roughness required for superhydrophobic surface was achieved. Further test under frequent abrasion and acid or alkali conditions showed that CA pretreatment improved the durability of superhydrophobic filter paper due to chemical crosslinking between the modified substrate and m-SiO2. Besides, the prepared superhydrophobic filter paper had outstanding self-cleaning property and high oil-water separation efficiency for various oil-water mixtures. Therefore, it is expected to be used for the treatment of oily wastewater.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. 20147-20151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenzhen Wu ◽  
Yingzhan Li ◽  
Linping Zhang ◽  
Yi Zhong ◽  
Hong Xu ◽  
...  

Thiol–ene click reaction was employed to synthesize a flexible hydrophilic cellulose sponge. The sponge can be circular used in oil/water mixture (emulsion) separation and hold separation efficiency high separation efficiency.


Author(s):  
Yuandong Jia ◽  
Kecheng Guan ◽  
Pengfei Zhang ◽  
Qin Shen ◽  
Shengyao Wang ◽  
...  

Superwetting surfaces have several applications, such as self-cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-corrosion, water harvesting, and oil–water separation, owing to their distinct structure and properties. Hydrogel-based coatings are particularly attractive owing to their...


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