Facile Removal and Collection of Oils from Water Surfaces through Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic Sponges

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• 作者：Qing Zhu ; Qinmin Pan ; Fatang Liu
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 8, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：35
• 页码：17464-17470
• 全文大小：1029K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.35(September 8, 2011)
• ISSN：1932-7455

文摘

The development of a convenient method for the removal (or collection) of oils and organic solvents from water surface is of great significance for water environmental protection, especially for the cleanup of oil spillage on seawater. A major challenge is the fabrication of an oil absorber with high absorption capacity, low cost, scalable fabrication, high selectivity, and excellent recyclability. In this paper, we present a simple method for the removal and collection of oils and organic solvents from the surfaces of water based on superhydrophobic and superoleophilic sponges that were fabricated by solution-immersion processes. The as-prepared sponges fast and selectively absorbed various kinds of oils up to above 13 times the sponges鈥?weight while completely repelling water through a combination of porous, superhydrophobic, and superoleophilic properties. More interesting, the absorbed oils were readily collected by a simple mechanical squeezing process, and the recovered sponges could be reused in oil鈥搘ater separation for many cycles while still keeping high separation efficiency. The findings presented in this study might provide a fast and simple approach for the cleanup of oils and organic solvents on water surfaces.