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dc.contributor.author | Li, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lu, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fan, M | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-19T08:23:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-01 | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-19T08:23:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (1) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15683 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2017 The Author(s). Oil-water separation has recently become a worldwide concern because of the increasing oil spill accidents and industrial oily wastewater generation. Herein, a facile method with the combined superhydrophobic coating and adhesive was used to fabricate superhydrophobic TiO 2 NPs coated cellulose sponge. The developed materials exhibited excellent superhydrophobicity (WCA = 171°) and superoleophilicity (OCA = 0°), which can separate a variety of oil-water mixtures, including chloroform, toluene, kerosene and other contaminations. A high separation efficiency up to 98.5% for chloroform-water mixture was achieved when used for gravity-driven oil/water separation test. More importantly, the as-prepared samples exhibited excellent chemical stability and mechanical abrasion resistance even towards various corrosive oil/water mixtures (such as strong acid, alkali solution and salt-water environment) or a strong abrasion by aluminium oxide sandpaper of 600 mesh. In addition, the separation efficiency remained above 93% even after 40 scratch cycles, and the materials could be reused with a stable hydrophobicity, indicating a strong potential for industrial application. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | A robust superhydrophobic TiO<inf>2</inf>NPs coated cellulose sponge for highly efficient oil-water separation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09912-9 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Scientific Reports | - |
pubs.issue | 1 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 7 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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